{"product_id":"dog-language-paperback","title":"Dog Language - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChase Twichell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past 25 years, Twichell's reputation and reach has broadened with each new book. She is a poet whose books are anticipated and consistently receive stellar national review attention: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A major voice in contemporary poetry.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A poet with a dazzling and profound imagination.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An extraordinary poet whose lyrics plumb great intellectual and emotional depths.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is a . . . Zen-like lucidity to  Twichell's] poetry.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDog Language\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the Zen question \"What is the self?\" in the modern age, where individual identity is questioned, medicated, and revised. Chase Twichell's tightly drawn poems move through the stages of human development and capture the complex emotions and challenges of family and aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the best of artists, Twichell is able to handle common themes and emotions without ever reducing them to clich  or sentiment. She reminds us of \"The Rules\" she uses in her poems: \"Tell the truth. No decoration. Remember death.\" In one of the most poignant sections of \u003ci\u003eDog Language\u003c\/i\u003e, she writes of her father's death and asks what, if anything, survives us: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eDog Biscuits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter my father's cremation, \u003cbr\u003e my sisters and I agreed\u003cbr\u003e to bury him privately\u003cbr\u003e when the ground thawed.\u003cbr\u003e One will plant a flowering tree, \u003cbr\u003e one see to the stone and its cutting, \u003cbr\u003e one call the grave-digger and the town clerk.\u003cbr\u003e It'll be just us, the daughters, \u003cbr\u003e presiding over ashes that could be\u003cbr\u003e any mammal's, or those of any love\u003cbr\u003e dispersible by wind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChase Twichell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poems and a book of translations and is the co-author of the best-selling guidebook \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She taught for several years at Princeton University before starting Ausable Press, a publisher dedicated to contemporary literature. She lives with her husband, the novelist Russell Banks, in the Adirondacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChase Twichell is the author of five books of poetry and the best-selling Practice of Poetry. She is the founding editor of Ausable Press and lives in rural New York, with her husband, the novelist Russell Banks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.82 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695678230591,"sku":"9781556592317","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5f20bdd1acf29dfe880d2c1f4c780183.webp?v=1765004678","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/dog-language-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}