{"product_id":"a-glossary-of-chickens-9780691157450","title":"A Glossary of Chickens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith skillful rhetoric and tempered lyricism, the poems in A Glossary of Chickens explore, in part, the struggle to understand the world through the symbolism of words. Like the hens of the title poem, Gary J. Whitehead's lyrics root around in the earth searching for sustenance, cluck rather than crow, and possess a humble majesty. Confronting subj\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Whitehead's poems are learned without being fussy, masterfully observant and complete. He provides a seriously good time... He is attentive in ways that offer a digestible, quirky adhesiveness... [L]ike Tobias Wolff or other contemporaries in that league, Whitehead blurs with perfection the line between story-telling and poetry... I repeat. Masterfully observant and complete.\"--Barbara Berman, Rumpus \"It's skillful and beautiful without being twee, and like every book I'm about to mention, it deserves a wide audience. It's also gently amusing, with some high-flying acrobatics thrown in that never feel forced.\"--Barbara Berman, TheRumpus.net \"[T]o reread his book is to see its invention--and to wish it were longer.\"--Stephen Burt, Yale Review \"A distinctive, quiet-voiced, sharp-eyed collection.\"--Carol Rumens, The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOyster 1  I  The Wimp 5  Lot's Wife7  Spice Rack 9  Sourdough 10  Luminescent Jellyfish 11  Somebody Throws It In 13  The Slip 15  Trap Door 16  Owl Pellet I Show My Students 19  One-Legged Pigeon 20  II  A Glossary of Chickens 23  Sleeping with My Dog 24  Warren 25  Pastoral 26  Stupid 33  Tied Dog 35  Letter Written in Pokeberry Ink 36  Homeschooled 37  Babo Speaks from Lima 38  III  Slaveship 43  Melville Passing 45  First Prospective 46  The Coop 47  Death Watches 49  In the Butterfly Conservatory 50  Drosophila melanogaster 51  Uncle 53  Ararat 54  Some Notes 55  Acknowledgments 57","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403797274967,"sku":"9780691157450","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691157450.jpg?v=1730484573","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-glossary-of-chickens-9780691157450","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}