{"product_id":"my-surly-heart-poems-9780807170724","title":"My Surly Heart: Poems","description":"In \u003ci\u003eMy Surly Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, the prolific poet and novelist David Huddle reflects on turning seventy-six years of age and records his aghast reactions to changes brought about by the current president of the United States. Huddle avoids the pitfalls of speechifying, pseudo-philosophizing, or indulging in unmitigated complaint. Instead, he embraces the potential of poetry to use intelligence, wit, language, knowledge, and sense of form to move toward useful revelations. Throughout this idiosyncratic collection of verse, Huddle deploys poem making as a method for psychologically and spiritually navigating from his past to his present life and on into whatever his future may hold. These poems traverse childhood memories, birding adventures, musical reveries, the role of art, and many points in between. \u003ci\u003eMy Surly Heart \u003c\/i\u003eshows a celebrated poet confronting the challenges of age and country with wry humor and unsparing honesty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Huddle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807170724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Huddle\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the Bread Loaf School of English and the Rainier Writing Workshop. He is the author of over twenty novels, short-story collections, and volumes of poetry. His fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eDream Sender\u003c\/i\u003e, a poetry collection, and \u003ci\u003eMy Immaculate Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161611841651,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5581c222-d699-44fc-899a-75b8eb175e1c.jpg?v=1654955240","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/my-surly-heart-poems-9780807170724","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}