{"product_id":"nine-skies-9780252066443","title":"Nine Skies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Selected by Sandra McPherson\u003cbr\u003e  for the 1996 National Poetry Series\u003cbr\u003e  The late poet James V. Dickey\u003cbr\u003e  was judge of the Yale Prize poetry competition when he wrote to A. V.\u003cbr\u003e  Christie, one of the finalists, I have become very fond of your\u003cbr\u003e  poems, especially the elegiac ones. . . . Your work is heartfelt; one\u003cbr\u003e  believes every word of it. . . . You have given me much in-depth pleasure;\u003cbr\u003e  have moved me strongly.\u003cbr\u003e  The work in \u003ci\u003eNine Skies \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  is as Dickey described it--heartfelt, moving. Here is what others\u003cbr\u003e  say about it:\u003cbr\u003e  Beautifully crafted\u003cbr\u003e  and sustained, with six or seven poems as fine as anything being written\u003cbr\u003e  today. This remarkable book is a rite of passage for the poet and speaks\u003cbr\u003e  of even better things to come. -- Elizabeth Spires\u003cbr\u003e  Only the best poetry\u003cbr\u003e  is written this well, with this much craft and conviction. Of course the\u003cbr\u003e  poems are meditative and elegiac, brilliant and finely \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Christie's debut volume ... Shows unusual maturity of technique and approach... Christie's own words are testament to the power of language -- to evoke a time and place, to transfigure, to preserve... Nine Skies transforms profound grief into art of the highest caliber.\" Ned Balbo Verse \"Beautifully crafted and sustained, with six or seven poems as fine as anything being written today. This remarkable book is a rite of passage for the poet and speaks of even better things to come.\" Elizabeth Spires \"Only the best poetry is written this well, with this much craft and conviction. Of course the poems are meditative and elegiac, brilliant and finely detailed, but they are also thought through and wholly felt, so that even in their small moments they celebrate.\" Stanley Plumly \"A. V. Christie writes with a Romantic's eye and a Realist's heart, so there is no sentimentality, that sickness afflicting our age. The voice on these pages is hard-bitten, luxuriant, and true.\" Henri Cole \"Nine Skies is a graceful realization in each detail of elegy or celebration.\" Sandra McPherson\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400467849559,"sku":"9780252066443","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252066443.jpg?v=1730470757","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nine-skies-9780252066443","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}