{"product_id":"saint-peter-and-the-goldfinch-9780814346457","title":"Saint Peter and the Goldfinch","description":"\u003cp\u003eJack Ridl returns with a collection of poems that mix deft artistic skill with intimate meditations on everyday life, whether that be curiosity, loss, discovery, joy, or the passing of the seasons. An early reader of \u003ci\u003eSaint Peter and the Goldfinch \u003c\/i\u003esaid it best: Ridl's books are all treasures, as is he, and his poetry has always been trout-quick, alternately funny and wondrous, instantly intimate, and free of pretense. All these characteristics can be found in this book, and there is something else, something extraordinary: at an age where most poets are content to roll out an imagined posterity, he's decided to push and refine the art, to see out the day and live it fully, because art and life settle for no less. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first section of \u003ci\u003eSaint Peter and the Goldfinch\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on the author's personal history, with poems like Feeding the Pup in the Early Morning and Some of What Was Left After Therapy. The second section continues with meditations on varied events and persons and includes poems such as The Last Days of Sam Snead and Coffee Talks with Con Hilberry. The third attends primarily to the mystery of love and what one loves and contains the poems The Inevitable Sorrow of Potatoes and Suite for the Long Married. The fourth and final section meditates primarily on the imagined in poems like Over in That Corner, the Puppets and Meditation on a Photograph of a Man Jumping a Puddle in the Rain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaint Peter and the Goldfinch \u003c\/i\u003eis the work of a talented and seasoned poet, one whose work comes out of the plainspoken tradition-the kind of poetry that, as Thomas Lynch puts it, has to deliver the goods, has to say something about life, something clear and discernible, or it has little to offer. Readers of poetry who enjoy wrestling with life's big questions will appreciate the space that Ridl allows for these ruminations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12064455\"\u003eJack Ridl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814346457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814346456\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- \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-POE023000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack Ridl is author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eBroken Symmetry\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2006), \u003ci\u003ePracticing to Walk Like a Heron\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2013), and \u003ci\u003eLosing Season, \u003c\/i\u003e all of which have won national awards\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wayne State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44715312939245,"sku":"9780814346457","price":23.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ea3b6625-b620-47b4-8d81-184cde812d11.jpg?v=1704122733","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/saint-peter-and-the-goldfinch-9780814346457","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}