{"product_id":"sonnets-with-two-torches-and-one-cliff-paperback","title":"Sonnets with Two Torches and One Cliff - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh and modern take on one of the most classic poetic forms in the Western literary tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What if creatures in other galaxies \/ have a vague sense that something is missing, \/ but don't know it's Little Richard, Shakespeare, \/ and cornbread with plum jam?\" In this collection, Robert Thomas presents eighty nontraditional sonnets that explore love and jealousy--the traditional obsessions of sonnets--from nontraditional angles. Other galaxies are jealous of Earth in these heartbreaking, funny, ecstatic, profound, and never boring poems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e's novella \u003ci\u003eBridge\u003c\/i\u003e received the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction. His first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eDoor to Door, \u003c\/i\u003e was selected by Yusef Komunyakaa for the Poets Out Loud Prize, and his second, \u003ci\u003eDragging the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press. He has received an NEA Fellowship and a Pushcart Prize, and he lives with his wife in Oakland, California. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\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 February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734692040767,"sku":"9780887486913","price":20.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/aed6ce4b321e990f2fa20df0f7e0bbb6.webp?v=1765140757","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sonnets-with-two-torches-and-one-cliff-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}