{"product_id":"for-the-mountain-laurel-poems-paperback","title":"For the Mountain Laurel: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Casteen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his second collection, Casteen moves inward from the physical labor and vernacular culture that shaped his first book, \u003ci\u003eFree Union\u003c\/i\u003e, yet continues to focus on landscape and human relationships. With poems arranged in the order in which they were completed (which in large part reflects the order in which they were first written), Casteen presents a poetic record of the experiences of solitude, marriage, fatherhood, loss, and recovery. The Carolina chickadee can be heard in this work, but so can Emmylou Harris singing with Gram Parsons; these poems dwell in the music of language, the hard truths of those who are no longer young, and the pleasures of the reflective life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOHN CASTEEN teaches at Sweet Briar College. He lives in Earlysville, Virginia. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, his poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. He has contributed prose to \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVQR\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726369558591,"sku":"9780820337999","price":28.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1bf0e4e6c2ec77befbd048e5e5e49db8.webp?v=1765110462","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/for-the-mountain-laurel-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}