{"product_id":"9781680030259","title":"As If Light Actually Matters: New and Selected Poems","description":"The present volume draws on nine book-length collections of Thomas’s poetry, and includes a generous selection of new poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Five of the collections are comprised of poems of geographic place, four of which are set primarily in Texas. His fifth “place” collection is set on the coast of Maine. The poems selected from his remaining collections range in subject matter from outlaw bikers to ekphrasis; from the avian world to an asylum for the criminally insane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PIANO TUNER\u003cbr\u003e The tools of his trade\u003cbr\u003e are unassuming and relatively\u003cbr\u003e primitive.  The stagehand\u003cbr\u003e is his counterpart in drama.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the shadows of architects,\u003cbr\u003e for grand cathedrals of sonatas,\u003cbr\u003e he lays the bricks.  Of pitch\u003cbr\u003e and tone, he is master.\u003cbr\u003e Even a concert pianist\u003cbr\u003e steers clear of his ear.","brand":"Texas Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182998601968,"sku":"9781680030259","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781680030259_p0.jpg?v=1763688127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781680030259","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}