{"product_id":"the-field-of-happiness-paperback","title":"The Field of Happiness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Rammelkamp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShuffling the deck between personal and persona poems, Rammelkamp portrays not just happiness, but the whole of human experience. As Marley's ghost upbraids Scrooge in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e man and womankind is his business, and his subject. The poems in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Field of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e range from the funny to the poignant, from the heartbreakingly sincere to the ironic. Taken together, they're a wonderful read, a portrait of our brief, but intense journey on this earth, distilled through the lives of Rammelkamp, his family, the people he knows, and the characters he invents.\u003cbr\u003e-Robert Cooperman, Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Poetry for \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Colorado Gold Fever Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this moment in time when the world feels disjointed and remote, the poems in Charles Rammelkamp's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Field of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e slow the world down and explore the moments in life that can't be turned away from. These narrative truffles deliver us everyday wisdom woven with humor and compassion. Rarely does a book of narrative poetry so perfectly capture moments in amber. This is a beautiful book by an insightful poet.\u003cbr\u003e-Meg Pokrass, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpinning to Mars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this remarkable collection, the borders of Rammelkamp's field of happiness encompass those encounters with classmates, co-workers and strangers that comprise most hours of our everyday lives. The poet's humorous but acute observation of his human subjects necessarily discovers the centrality of class origin that remains, still, the great engine of American social interaction. Not since Philip Levine has this reality been captured with such command. \u003cbr\u003e-Roger Netzer, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Tough Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMom Used a Glove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Field of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an academic discipline most of us fail over and over again. But as Dylan sang in \"Love Minus Zero\/No Limit,\" \"There's no success like failure.\" Rammelkamp succeeds in teaching us how happiness indeed lies in its pursuit. Those who can't do teach, right?\u003cbr\u003e-Roman Gladstone, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Crisis of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719750225983,"sku":"9781639801268","price":30.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d82b2479367e088f96cf28bb09ca77cb.webp?v=1765086745","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-field-of-happiness-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}