{"product_id":"headwaters-paperback-by-ellen-bryant-voigt","title":"Headwaters Paperback by Ellen Bryant Voigt","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2014-12-02)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e64\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780393350005\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e102.06\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.83 x 13.97 x 0.51\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Luminous. . . . Each reading reveals the tug of opposites, and in this tension the poet shows her brilliance.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRash yet tender, chastened yet lush, \u003ci\u003eHeadwaters\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of opposites, a book of wild abandon by one of the most formally exacting poets of our time. Animals populate its pages—owl, groundhog, fox, each with its own inimitable survival skills—and the poet who so meticulously observes their behaviors has accumulated a lifetime’s worth of skills herself: she too has survived. The power of these extraordinary poems lies in their recognition that all our experience is ultimately useless—that human beings are at every moment beginners, facing the earth as if for the first time. \"Don’t you think I’m doing better,\" asks the first poem. \"You got sick you got well you got sick,\" says the last.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEschewing punctuation, forgoing every symmetry, the poems hurl themselves forward, driven by an urgent need to speak. \u003ci\u003eHeadwaters\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of wisdom that refuses to be wise, a book of fresh beginnings by an American poet writing at the height of her powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Bryant Voigt\u003c\/b\u003e (1943—2025) was the author of eight volumes of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eMessenger\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her numerous honors included fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553151406241,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393350005","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393350005.jpg?v=1781728159","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/headwaters-paperback-by-ellen-bryant-voigt","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}