{"product_id":"stomp-and-sing-poems-9781931896153","title":"Stomp and Sing: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Andersen's debut book of poems, \u003ci\u003eStomp and Sing\u003c\/i\u003e, illuminates the concerns and aspirations of the new working-class generation. Andersen's image-studded lyrics about work, love, family and class struggle create a vivid narrative that traces the concerns and aspirations of young people facing the challenges of daily life in a turbulent century. These are clear, direct poems that take us from mountaintops to local cafes, from lumberyards to town sidewalks, and range in theme from the impact of racism to the consolation of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePostcard from Chimney Pond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClimbed the talus around the pond last night-so many pebbles\u003cbr\u003earound a puddle from the views of Baxter Peak, but down here\u003cbr\u003echunks of granite as big as the small house I grew up in, all\u003cbr\u003ejumbled, jutting out of cold, clear water and piled up towards\u003cbr\u003ethe stars. Silent lightning split the sky far north. Scrambled\u003cbr\u003eas far up the rock throat as I safely could and then some.\u003cbr\u003eSlept beneath the cliffs. Had a dream of you so real that\u003cbr\u003efor a long time after waking up, it felt good to have seen you again\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Jon Andersen's poems sing of a life lived, devoured, explored, and awake. Who writes like this anymore?\"\" -- \u003ci\u003eLuis J. Rodríguez, author of Always Running\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e|\"\"...his poems focus on the predicaments of the young working class, echoing with humble but persistent optimism.\"\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e|\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"S\u003ci\u003etomp and Sing \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply affirming book of poems at a time when the banalization of every action and the disappearance of our dignities threaten everyone by way of the forces of war and public lies. Jon Andersen recovers for us the deathless sense of earthly and familial relationships, development, work-magic, class-insistence and natural struggle. You wil recognize profoundly what the Evil Empire has wanted you to renounce by way of forgetting, and for that we have Jon Andersen to thank.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Jack Hirshman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Fierce to Go\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mulberry Tree\u003cbr\u003eThe Street Named After Spencer\u003cbr\u003eSpencer's Scrapbook\u003cbr\u003eCivilian Life: 1976\u003cbr\u003eHi-Fi\u003cbr\u003eGreen World\u003cbr\u003eThe Lumberyard Needs a Real Nigger\u003cbr\u003ePlanting\u003cbr\u003eThe Foreman Calls in Sick\u003cbr\u003eLooking at a Photo of Our Grandfather, Seeing You\u003cbr\u003eFrom Spencer to Lisa\u003cbr\u003eLisa's Reply\u003cbr\u003eThe Rustic Café\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. The Trails\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePostcard from Chimney Pond\u003cbr\u003eCathedral Trail\u003cbr\u003eTrail Crew, Baxter Park\u003cbr\u003eA Brief Note from Spencer\u003cbr\u003eDream\u003cbr\u003eSaddle Trail to Tableland\u003cbr\u003eTo An Old Friend, from Good Earth Farm\u003cbr\u003eJuly, Good Earth Farm\u003cbr\u003e\"Children Set Homeless Man on Fire\"\u003cbr\u003eOctober, Good Earth Farm\u003cbr\u003ePostcard from New York City: May 1994\u003cbr\u003eAs I Went Walking\u003cbr\u003eWhite Mountain Poem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. The Real World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou Must\u003cbr\u003eEncounter\u003cbr\u003eTrue Story\u003cbr\u003eF.Y.I.\u003cbr\u003eHey, Baby\u003cbr\u003eLove in Eillimantic\u003cbr\u003eLearn, My Boy\u003cbr\u003eMy Mother Paints Again\u003cbr\u003eThe Daughter I Never Had\u003cbr\u003eThe Real World\u003cbr\u003eTwo Mottos\u003cbr\u003eSoldier\u003cbr\u003eSpencer Goes to School\u003cbr\u003eSpring, Catskill Mountains\u003cbr\u003ePit Bull\u003cbr\u003eThe Deal\u003cbr\u003eSoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Curbstone Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043275440471,"sku":"9781931896153","price":15.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781931896153.jpg?v=1750957649","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stomp-and-sing-poems-9781931896153","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}