{"product_id":"tender-the-river-poems-volume-27-paperback","title":"Tender the River: Poems Volume 27 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt W. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndre Dubus\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention in Poetry \u003cbr\u003e Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Short List \u003cbr\u003e Medal Provocateur Finalist \u003cbr\u003e IPNE Book Awards Poetry Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTender the River \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures in verse the history and legacy of the Merrimack River Valley, from the Pennacook, Wamesit, Algonquin, and other indigenous tribes who settled there first, to the European settlers who came with guns and their god to supplant them, to being the birthplace of America's industrial revolution and first labor movements, to becoming a center of continued immigration, of entrenched nativism, and even multicultural celebration. The Merrimack River begins with the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers spilling from the White Mountains in New Hampshire, then travels down through mill towns like Manchester, Lowell, and Haverhill to finally spit out violently into the Atlantic in the old port (now posh) town of Newburyport. In its journey between those points and as well across the centuries, the Merrimack River Valley has been America in microcosm, many of the nation's democratic successes and demagogic sins being seeded there.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMATT W. MILLER grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts and is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eThe Wounded for the Water (\u003c\/i\u003eSalmon Poetry), \u003ci\u003eClub Icarus, \u003c\/i\u003eselected by Major Jackson as the winner of the 2012 Vassar Miller Poetry Prize and \u003ci\u003eCameo Diner: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University and a Walter E. Dakin Fellow in Poetry at the Sewanee Writers' Conference, he teaches English at Phillips Exeter Academy and lives with his family in coastal New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728667119679,"sku":"9781680032246","price":25.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2bd213a711503663398657bdebfcb94c.webp?v=1765119344","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/tender-the-river-poems-volume-27-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}