{"product_id":"after-the-point-of-no-return-9781556593826","title":"After the Point of No Return","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wagoner''s words are a living link to the world, enacting it so vitally that they feel like natural facts.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his twenty-fourth book of poetry, David Wagoner reflects on youth, love, regret, and expectation versus reality. Here a master writes at top form, back-dropped by life''s curious moments and imagining Jesus as an untidy roommate or considering our final destination in \"Beginner''s Guide to Death.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"After the Point of No Return\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter that moment when you''ve lost all reason\u003cbr\u003efor going back where you started, when going ahead\u003cbr\u003eis no longer a Yes or No, but a matter of fact,\u003cbr\u003eyou''ll need to weigh, on the one hand, what will seem,\u003cbr\u003eon the other, almost nothing against something\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eslightly more than nothing and must choose\u003cbr\u003eagain and again, at points of fewer and fewer\u003cbr\u003echances to guess, when and which way to turn.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat''s when you might stop thinking about stars\u003cbr\u003eand storm clouds, the direction of wind,\u003cbr\u003ethe difference between rain and snow, the time\u003cbr\u003e of day or the lay of the land, about which trees\u003cbr\u003emean water, which birds know what you need\u003cbr\u003eto know before it''s too late, or what''s right here\u003cbr\u003eunder your feet, no longer able to tell you\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewhere it was you thought you had to go.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Wagoner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two dozen books of poetry and ten novels. A longtime teacher at University of Washington, he was the editor at \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359611650391,"sku":"9781556593826","price":14.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556593826.jpg?v=1754125172","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/after-the-point-of-no-return-9781556593826","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}