{"product_id":"father-verses-sons-a-correspondence-in-poems-9781644284261","title":"Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the global pandemic forced his ninety-six-year-old father into isolation, filmmaker Ari Gold became concerned that loneliness would kill his father's spirits. As a prolific novelist who began writing in his twenties, Herbert Gold's incredible oeuvre included twenty-four novels, five collections of stories and essays, and eight nonfiction books. So, Ari mailed his father a poem, asking for one in return. Later, Ari's twin brother, Ethan, also got into the game. Thus was launched a lifesaving literary correspondence, and a testament to the bonds of family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resulting poems are playful, honest, funny, and moving. Secrets are invoked alongside personal--and often painful--history. Ari and Ethan's mother, Herbert Gold's second wife, died in a helicopter crash alongside the famous rock promoter and impresario Bill Graham in 1991. Her ghost roams through the poems and the wonderful archival photos included in full color throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFather Verses Sons\u003c\/i\u003e, a lushly illustrated \"correspondence in poems,\" ranges across the life, family, and death of a remarkable father. The father and his sons write tenderly of their hunger for connection, about the woman that all three men have lost (a mother, a wife), and about the passion that all three seek. Ultimately, these poems tell a singular story of men bumbling their way towards love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herbert Gold,Ari Gold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rare Bird Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644284261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGold, Herbert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbert Gold\u003c\/b\u003e, literary icon and compatriot of the Beat Generation, published more than thirty books, including the bestseller \u003ci\u003eFathers\u003c\/i\u003e. He won the Sherwood Anderson Award for Fiction, the Commonwealth Club Gold Medal, \u0026amp; the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGold, Ethan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEthan Gold \u003c\/b\u003eis a songwriter, performer, and composer residing in Los Angeles and Berlin. He is releasing a trilogy of albums about the modern world, \u003ci\u003eEarth City\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGold, Ari:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAri Gold\u003c\/b\u003e is a filmmaker and winner of the Student Oscar. His films have been selected at Sundance four times, and his upcoming movies \u003ci\u003eHelicopter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrother Verses Brother\u003c\/i\u003e are companions to this book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Bird Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43927700766835,"sku":"9.78164E+12","price":28.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_71eeb9e6-950f-4ed9-872b-be35669570c7.jpg?v=1758370736","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/father-verses-sons-a-correspondence-in-poems-9781644284261","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}