{"product_id":"lost-letters-and-windfalls-9781421836720","title":"Lost Letters and Windfalls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Among cornfields, junkyards, and a Dairy Queen, the eclectic cast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Rustin Larson's Lost Letters and Windfalls marches across a rural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estage: an old woman small 'like a burlap bag\/ full of nylons, ' family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emembers, angels, finches, the wind, the muse, and a young girl in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDegas painting. The poet asserts: 'The light falls upon all things. I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave\/ my memory of you--quiet as a\/ picture frame among all these\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebroken houses.' In poem after poem, Larson captures images firmly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecast in time yet eternal--even slightly holy: 'But here's what we are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeach man, each woman, \/ each neuter object, a church.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'Listen, ' Larson urges, 'the world\/ begins in a moment.' The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoments described in these poems are painterly and vivid. The poet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrusts only his 'sense of touch.' They conjure a world of isolated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estillness where characters can 'choose to stand outside of ourselves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eif we wish, the snow falling.' But also a world of connection where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'planets are fishing\/ for us, wanting\/ us' and ' t]he moon is the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efriend of the earth \/ and the earth of the sun.' This is a book of small\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etendernesses and lightning bolts that will stay with you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRustin Larson's poetry has appeared in The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Yorker, The Iowa Review, and North\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Review. He won 1st Editor's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrize from Rhino and was a prize winner in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe National Poet Hunt and The Chester\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. Jones Foundation contests. A graduate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Vermont College MFA in Writing, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarson was an Iowa Poet at The Des Moines National Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFestival, and a featured poet at the Poetry at Round Top Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a poetry professor at Maharishi University, a writing instructor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat Kirkwood Community College, and has also been a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriting instructor at Indian Hills Community College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis honors and awards also include Pushcart Prize Nominee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(seven times, 1988-2010); featured writer, DMACC Celebration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Literary Arts, 2007, 2008; and finalist, New England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReview Narrative Poetry Competition, 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1007498\"\u003eRustin Larson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Light Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421836720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421836726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE003000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Inspirational \u0026amp; Religious\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Light Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44542311792877,"sku":"9781421836720","price":21.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6f05c54d-ddac-4542-a1c0-03572391eff8.jpg?v=1701524972","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/lost-letters-and-windfalls-9781421836720","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}