{"product_id":"the-elephant-of-silence-9780807181577","title":"The Elephant of Silence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA poem is an act of faith because the poet believes in it, contends John Wall Barger in \u003cem\u003eThe Elephant of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of essays exploring forms of knowing (and not knowing) that awaken a poetic mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a pleasure to follow poet John Wall Barger's singular, brilliant, unpretentious, generous mind, as he writes in an utterly natural and precise way about subjects notoriously difficult to discuss: poetry, film, writing, marriage, even silence.\" - Matthew Zapruder, author of \u003cem\u003eStory of a Poem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you can't go to the movies with Barger, do the next best thing and enjoy these sensitive, playful essays on what he's watched, read, and observed, with a poet's blend of thought and feeling.\" - Adrienne Su, author of \u003cem\u003ePeach State\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Barger's essays are all, in some way, about the creative process itself and the audience's role as a vital participant in that process. An author has defined a set of parameters, yet it is up to us, the viewer, to bring our own lived experience to bear it out. Barger navigates this terrain with the ease and imagination of an expert tour guide, a 'Stalker'—in the spirit of Tarkovsky—who understands our own pivotal involvement in helping to create this world we inhabit.\" - Bill Morrison, director of \u003cem\u003eDawson City: Frozen Time\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038209900887,"sku":"9780807181577","price":20.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780807181577.jpg?v=1750939497","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-elephant-of-silence-9780807181577","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}