{"product_id":"the-humility-of-the-brutes-poems-9780807166567","title":"The Humility of the Brutes: Poems","description":"The title of Ron Smith's new collection comes from Yeats's observation that creators \"must go from desire to weariness and so to desire again, and live but for the moment when vision comes to our weariness like terrible lightning, in the humility of the brutes.\" The poems in \u003ci\u003eThe Humility of the Brutes\u003c\/i\u003e move beyond Yeats's journey, using precise language and memorable phrasing to push through skepticism and guide us toward the mystical as we struggle to understand our past and our present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807166567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Smith\u003c\/b\u003e was Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2014 to 2016. He holds the George Squires Chair of Distinguished Teaching and serves as Writer-in-Residence at St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia, where he has also been an adjunct associate professor at the University of Richmond. Smith is the author of these poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eRunning Again in Hollywood Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e (1988, second edition 2020), \u003ci\u003eMoon Road\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eIts Ghostly Workshop\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and \u003ci\u003eThe Humility of the Brutes \u003c\/i\u003e(2017).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161607581811,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9b1ae207-882e-4ddb-a764-98b15c3d9a22.jpg?v=1654955168","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-humility-of-the-brutes-poems-9780807166567","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}