{"product_id":"c-poems-9780807117859","title":"C: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eFred Chappell has long been considered one of the South's finest writers of both fiction and poetry. \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003e not only provides abundant justification for that assessment but also makes clear the inadequacy of geographical stricture; Chappell is indeed a writer of world-class stature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eC \u003c\/i\u003eis of course the roman numeral for one-hundred--the precise number of poems that appear in this dazzling collection. Delicate, highly wrought miracles of compression and insight, these pieces gleam with passion, humor, and intelligence. At times Chappell's tone is acerbic, as in this sly comment on the self-indulgence of some confessional poets: \"If my peccadilloes were so small\/ I never would undress at all,\" a couplet that would surely draw a delighted chuckle from Alexander Pope himself. With the apparent effortlessness of a master, Chappell also can suffuse a poem with sensual wonder, in \"A Glorious Twilight,\" for example, an ecstatic speaker rhapsodizes about a woman painting her nails \"such a brilliant shade of bright\/ she seems to have sprouted 22 fingers.\" And sometimes his jeweler's eye and the sheer artfulness of his language align the shutters of our perception so precisely that we can see for a hushed instant the incandescence of the everyday moment, \"As common as air, \/ Startling as fire.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSatirical or elegiac, bitter or rejoicing, giddy or profound, each of these one hundred poems is unnervingly alive. All readers who delight in observing an artist at the height of his powers are sure to find \u003ci\u003eC \u003c\/i\u003eboth an inspiration and an eloquent reminder that poetry--language squeezed against the unsayable until it burns--remains our last fragile link with the infinite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1724069\"\u003eFred Chappell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.54w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807117859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807117854\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-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFred Chappell is the author of twenty-six books of poetry, fiction, and critical commentary. His most recent collection was \u003ci\u003eShadow Box\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of Canton in the mountains of western North Carolina, he taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1964 to 2004 and was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 to 2002. He and his wife, Susan, live in Greensboro.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43233260536045,"sku":"9780807117859","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_483a131e-6f7d-43a7-81e0-5b502e06cbf7.jpg?v=1660907624","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/c-poems-9780807117859","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}