{"product_id":"ramshackle-ode-paperback","title":"Ramshackle Ode - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeith Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sparkling debut collection from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet that makes an ecstatic argument for living\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Containing joy and suffering side by side, \u003cem\u003eRamshackle Ode\u003c\/em\u003e offers elegies and odes as necessary partners to bring out the greatest power in each. By turns celebratory, meditative, tender, and rebellious, these poems reimagine the divisions and intersections of life and death, the human and the natural world, the brutal and the beautiful. Time and again, they choose hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom an award-winning young poet in the tradition of Marie Howe, Walt Whitman, Gerald Stern, and contemporary American bard Maurice Manning, \u003cem\u003eRamshackle Ode\u003c\/em\u003e presents a new voice singing toward transcendence, offering the sense that, though this world is fragile, human existence is a wonderfully stubborn miracle of chance.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRamshackle Ode is a brilliant, heartbreaking, sometimes funny, always surprising celebration of love and attachment. Alan Shapiro \"A sparkling debut collection from a Pushcart Prize nominated poet that makes an ecstatic argument for living\" Embracing joy together with suffering, \"Ramshackle Ode\"offers elegies and odes as necessary partners to bring out the greatest power in each. By turns celebratory, meditative, tender, and rebellious, these poems reimagine the divisions and intersections of life and death, the human and the natural world, the brutal and the beautiful. Time and again, they choose hope. From an award-winning young poet following a great American tradition, \"Ramshackle Ode\"presents a new voice singing toward transcendence, offering the sense that, though this world is fragile, human existence is a wonderfully stubborn miracle of chance. These poems have earned their wisdom, and this book is a gift I happily hold in my hands. Maurice Manning It s kind of the hardest work, joy.Which makes \"Ramshackle Ode\" one of the hardest-working books I ve read in a long time. Ross Gay Leonard has come right in the nick of time to remind us that inside each our hearts thumps an ecstatic hot night of healing, and raise that tambourine! hallelujah be, there s still a song, goddamnit there s still a chance to sing. Rebecca Gayle Howell KEITH LEONARD s poems have appeared in \"Best New Poets, \"\"Copper Nickel, \" and \"Gulf Coast, \" and have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. A recipient of the Beacon Street Prize and scholarships from Bread Loaf and the Sewanee Writers Conference, Leonard is currently a visiting lecturer in creative writing at Indiana University.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Leonard's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCopper Nickel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. A winner of the Beacon Street Prize and scholarships at Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers' Conference, he is currently a Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at Indiana University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691304947775,"sku":"9780544649675","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ab82f93e00be62841ef99901f04964f4.webp?v=1764991661","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ramshackle-ode-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}