{"product_id":"the-13th-sunday-after-pentecost-poems-9780807164617","title":"The 13th Sunday After Pentecost: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe 13th Sunday after Pentecost\u003c\/i\u003e, Joseph Bathanti offers poems that delve deep into a life reimagined through a mythologized past. Moving from his childhood to the present, weaving through the Italian immigrant streets of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to his parochial school, from the ballpark to church and home again, these contemplative poems present a situation unique to the poet but familiar to us all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Bathanti recalls the joys, struggles, and confusion of his formative years in the late fifties and into the sixties, he gains a deeper understanding of the often surreal, always paradoxical world around him. He explores the perceived injustices of childhood, observes the mysteries of religious rituals, and examines the complex emotions families experience as children grow up and parents grow old. These poems divulge an eventful life, compelling us to reflect on our own as we confront a world of wonder and uncertainty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Across the strike zone swoops a dove, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e maybe an angel. You're in Pittsburgh, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e March; it's snowing. All week \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e you've seen angels; everyone's tired, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e proclaiming even horrid things angels, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e intimating miracles. Johnson's pitch \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e obliterates the bird-- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e a hail of feathers and dander, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e as if inside a tiny bomb detonated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like a cartoon. Thoroughly unbelievable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Around you, people are dying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But you ignore it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e You laugh at the massacred dove. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's not funny, but you laugh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e You could cry, rip your hair out, your clothes off, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e crash through the seventhfloor window \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e into the slushy black streets of the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's funny because it's not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e --from \"Angels\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Bathanti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807164617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOSEPH BATHANTI is professor of creative writing at Appalachian State University. He has published novels, nonfiction, and ten poetry collections. He served as the Poet Laureate for North Carolina from 2012 to 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40265602269299,"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_7b1cc4a2-c1a9-4b5c-814b-f21ef2902ad8.jpg?v=1657721552","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-13th-sunday-after-pentecost-poems-9780807164617","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}