{"product_id":"rival-gardens-new-and-selected-poems-9780803269644","title":"Rival Gardens: New and Selected Poems","description":"For decades a restorer of old homes, Connie Wanek shows us that poetry is everywhere, encountered as easily in the waterways, landscapes, and winters of Minnesota, as in the old roofs and darkened drawers of a home long uninhabited. \u003ci\u003eRival Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e includes more than thirty unpublished poems, along with poems selected from three previous books--all in Wanek's unmistakable voice: plainspoken and elegant, unassuming and wise, observant and original. Many of her new poems focus on the garden, beginning with the Garden of Eden. A deep feeling for family and for the losses and gains of growing into maturity mark the tone of \u003ci\u003eRival Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, with Wanek always attending to the telling detail and the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Connie Wanek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803269644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnie Wanek is the author of three books of poetry--\u003ci\u003eBonfire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHartley Field\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Speaking Terms\u003c\/i\u003e--and the coeditor of the award-winning anthology \u003ci\u003eTo Sing Along the Way: Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-territorial Days to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a Witter Bynner Fellow of the Library of Congress and was named George Morrison Artist of the Year, an honor given to a northern Minnesotan for contributions to the arts over many years. She has lived for decades in Duluth, Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44214160883827,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_30d6fb05-b917-403f-a7b2-f0bcfa50929d.jpg?v=1767708334","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/rival-gardens-new-and-selected-poems-9780803269644","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}