{"product_id":"unguarded-crossing-1936482002","title":"Unguarded Crossing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1936482002\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bob Brooks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduct Description The sprightly wit and incisive satire of Bob Brooks's first full-length book are a delight, all the more so when their philosophical underpinnings reveal themselves. There is a keen intelligence at work here and an equal measure of heart. Be prepared for double-takes, constant surprises, rare honesty, and startling images. Review The poetry of Bob Brooks is both startling and inviting, as it keeps drawing the reader into an internal conversation full of riddle and inquiry, where nothing is taken for granted, least of all the writer's perceptions. Brooks begins by asking himself why and how poetry arises in the first place, using the humble metaphors of car-washing and dog-walking and ends this first section with three words: \"can t explain it.\" Continuing his meditations in Section Two with the very human themes of sex, love, addiction, conflict and loss, he concludesUnguarded Crossing by stepping back, so that large, natural landscapes of desert and coastline may act as metaphors, and possible answers, to all the questions he has wondered about before. One thinks of the masks of comedy and tragedy in reading this poetry, since it has qualities both funny and very dark, often in the same poem. This beautiful, intelligent and well-structured collection is a conversation worth joining. --Susan Donnelly, author ofCapture the FlagReading Brooks can be likened to eating ripe peaches. Sweet and physical,Unguarded Crossing explodes in lively tales of daily life. And it tastes good. --George V. Van Deventer, past Executive Director, Live Poets Society About the Author Bob Brooks was educated at Harvard, served as a translator in the U.S. Army, lived abroad for a time, worked as editor at a computer systems company for many years, left that job in the late 1980s, and started getting poems published in the late 90s. He was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and now lives in Concord, Massachusetts and Stockton Springs, Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68084799537440,"sku":"NEW1936482002","price":23.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/717qO0iC_yL.jpg?v=1793566792","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/unguarded-crossing-1936482002","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}