{"product_id":"we-did-not-fear-the-father-9781597091725","title":"We Did Not Fear the Father","description":"\u003ci\u003eWe Did Not Fear The Father: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e contains the best of forty years of Charles Fort. Ranging easily through a dizzying array of forms--sonnets, villanelles, prose poems, sestinas, elegies, blank verse, haiku, and modular poems, for starters--Charles Fort here demonstrates, unequivocally, that he is a master of his craft. By turns surreal, tender, terrifying, absurd, and soulful, Fort s work churns with passionate, forceful expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-112654\"\u003eCharles Fort\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.03w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597091725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597091723\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-POE005050\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Fort\u003c\/b\u003e is a visiting professor in creating writing at Oklahoma State University. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Town Clock Burning\u003c\/i\u003e (Carnegie Mellon University Press), \u003ci\u003eMrs. Belladonna's Supper Club Waltz: New and Selected Prose Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Backwaters Press) \u003ci\u003eDarvil\u003c\/i\u003e (St. Andrews Press) and \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein Was A Negro\u003c\/i\u003e (Loganhouse Press). Fort's poems have appeared in journals, periodicals, and anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2003\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2000\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest of Prose Poem International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Carnegie Mellon Anthology of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received a literary award from the Poetry Society of America, an Open Voice Award from The Writer's Voice (judged by Grace Paley), the Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize (judged by Fred Chappell), and The Mary Carolyn Davis Memorial Award. A past MacDowell fellow, Fort is currently at work on a novel: \u003ci\u003eThe Last Black Hippie From Connecticut\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43307143856365,"sku":"9781597091725","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5044e79e-2b27-40e8-8ac1-303f2c7ac59c.jpg?v=1662899629","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/we-did-not-fear-the-father-9781597091725","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}