{"product_id":"approaching-the-fields-poems-paperback","title":"Approaching the Fields: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChanda Feldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElegiac and fierce, solemn and celebratory, the poems in Chanda Feldman's \u003ci\u003eApproaching the Fields\u003c\/i\u003e consider family and history. From black sharecroppers and subsistence farmers along the Mississippi River to contemporary life in the suburbs, the rituals of home and work link racial experience, social lines, and economic striving, rooting memory and scene in the southern landscape. Love and violence echo through the collection, and Feldman's beautifully crafted poems, often formal in style, answer them sometimes with an embrace and sometimes with a turning away. She witnesses the crop fields and manicured lawns, the dinner table and birthing room, the church and juke joint, conveying the ways that everyday details help build a life.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThese evocative poems bring to life a rich and complex world, both timely and timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanda Feldman grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds degrees from Cornell University and the University of Chicago. She is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford University and NEA poetry grant recipient and is currently a visiting assistant professor in creative writing at Oberlin College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.16 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693934940223,"sku":"9780807168295","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5a0049e5844350cad7c7a488375921d5.webp?v=1765000444","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/approaching-the-fields-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}