{"product_id":"words-for-empty-and-words-for-full-9780822960775","title":"Words for Empty and Words for Full","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"As always with a Bob Hicok book, fascinating and a book you sort of can't help but pick up and suddenly, two hours later, find yourself having read straight through. I can think of just about no contemporary poets who publish such consistently great work.\" --Corduroy Books \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Bob Hicok's poetry is a fleeting comfort, a temporary solace from the chaos of the world. Smart, honest, powerfully inventive, his writing asks the biggest questions while acknowledging that there are no answers beyond the imposed structure of the page.\" --Los Angeles Times on This Clumsy Living \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The most potent ingredient in virtually every one of Bob Hicok's compact, well-turned poems is a laughter as old as humanity itself, a sweet waggery that suggests there's almost no problem that can't be solved by this poet's gentle humor.\" --New York Times Book Review on Insomnia Diary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Hicok\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.43w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822960775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Hicok\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at Virginia Tech University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThis Clumsy Living, Insomnia Diary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Soul \u003c\/i\u003e(a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, )\u003ci\u003e Plus Shipping, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Legend of Light\u003c\/i\u003e. Hicok is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA Fellowships, the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Poetry Prize from the Library of Congress, the Felix Pollak Prize, the Jerome J. Shestack Prize, and four Pushcart Prizes. His poems have appeared in five volumes of \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40571095187571,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_67509897-1c5b-4c39-95ff-8fe4ee955900.jpg?v=1668177496","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/words-for-empty-and-words-for-full-9780822960775","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}