{"product_id":"bathing-in-the-river-of-ashes-poems-9780874173314","title":"Bathing In The River Of Ashes  Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of poetry embraces the author's vision of the possibilities of mankind's perseverence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second full-length volume by this Nevada-based poet, who edited anthologies of regional literature, is itself part of the publisher's Western Literature Series, and rightly so, since Griffin derives much of his inspiration from the landscape and people who live on the new western prairie where there are few wild things left. Solemn and mournful, Griffin's plain verse bemoans the neon lights of Vegas, the porcine tourists, and laments the closed mines, the decline in agriculture, and the diminishing wilderness.\"\" —\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Griffin often presents a Nevada that seems to fade away the closer you get to it, like one of those mid-road mirages at the top of the next hill that just isn't there when you reach it.\"\" —Martin Naparsteck, \u003cem\u003eSalt Lake City Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, May 16, 1999","brand":"MP-NEV University of Nevada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038995611991,"sku":"9780874173314","price":9.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780874173314.jpg?v=1750942215","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bathing-in-the-river-of-ashes-poems-9780874173314","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}