{"title":"David Radavich","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"here-s-plenty-book-david-radavich-9781950063314","title":"Here's Plenty","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, David Radavich's \u003cem\u003eHere's Plenty\u003c\/em\u003e evokes the American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth-in all its messy, charming, baffling glory. As a microcosm of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efragile planet we inhabit, this region struggles with violence, poverty, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eracism, and outdated social convention. And yet the everrenewing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeauty of the fertile landscape, a deep-seated love of story-telling, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe warmth of everyday people bring us the possibility of re-assessment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand redemption. 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Crossing continents and spanning centuries, this sequence traces historical trajectories from the Age of Exploration to the present. Indeed, we hear echoes of Whitman in its sweep and grandeur. Organized geographically, sections recount the discovery of the New World and exploration of the American West, as well as sojourns to the Arctic, South America, Asia, and finally the Far East. Along the way, we encounter persona poems speaking in the voices of adventurers, conquistadors, and survivors. This is a bold and expansive book, challenging readers to re-conceive the ways that history is said to rhyme.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Christian Knoeller\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eReimagining Environmental History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eAmerica Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e is an amazing achievement. David Radavich offers an entertaining history of the republic in light-footed poetry. It's a wonderful gift. There are heroes galore, both male and female, but Uncle Sam and his consort, Ms. Liberty, dominate the narrative: Smug, calm, and full of selfish drive, he brushes off her protests. Feeling jilted, she laments, We're still not together. Their squabbles mirror those of the nation; if they were to divorce, it would lose its soul.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eJean Grant\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Veil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eAmerica Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e is part adventure story and part history told in crisp narrative poems rich in searing imagery. In these poems, David Radavich explores America's complex history of discovery, destruction, and quest for power. With the keen eye of an historian and the heart and ear of a poet, Radavich uses a myriad of voices, from Ponce de Leon to Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty to explore America's adventurism with clear-eyed honesty. These poems deliver on the promise that If you listen hard, \/ in the end you will be changed.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003ePat Riviere-Seel\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Serial Killer's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e David Radavich's \u003cem\u003eAmerica Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e is vastly imaginative: pastiche; caprice; cameos by Ponce de Leon, Coronado, Sacajewea, Leif Ericsson, Betsy Ross, as well as other historic luminaries; and orchestrated by a truncated, nimble line, with brilliant musical enjambment that puts me in mind of Robert Creeley. The language is wonderfully elastic, accommodating, witty--what an ear Radavich has--but also of epic vision, Protean \/ beyond all reckoning, as the speaker declares so aptly in the poem, Shape-Shifter. And, indeed, these poems do shape-sift, holographic not only in their stunning wordplay, but in their vision and wry social commentary. This is a very fine volume of poems.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Bathanti\u003c\/strong\u003e, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51630430126353,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51630432256273,"sku":"NGR9781632100603","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52618678731025,"sku":"NLS9781632100603","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1632100606.jpg?v=1751343605"},{"product_id":"america-bound-book-david-radavich-9781891386688","title":"America Bound","description":"In this richly polyphonic text, Radavich couples narrative verse with interlocking dramatic monologues to deliver a revisionist history of America since the second World War - an account across generations so inclusive as to seem Whitmanesque - encompassing personal and national identities, conscience and community. 'I hear the voices of America, ' writes Radavich, and through them America Bound renders a cultural landscape altered in the wake of the Twentieth Century. By 'listening to the voices of those who lived simply for themselves and others in the heartland of their history, ' voices aching to be heard, we sense how their stories are also ours, and their questions - 'Where do we all go from here?' - the ones we must live by. \u003cbr\u003e Christian Knoeller, poet, author of Completing the Circle \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e American Bound rests firmly in a tradition of dramatic lives rendered through poetry, especially Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. David Radavich paints lovely portraits that fill an American town with rich and moving lives.\u003cbr\u003e Patricia Clark, poet, author of My Father on a Bicycle \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is poetry that matters. Radavich has a dramatist's gift of being able to evoke character with only a few words from a speaker's mouth: these are poems that come from the tongue, and like intimate, personal speech, invite us to speak back. Though the speakers reflect social movements and economic booms and busts, they are never abstractions or simply victims, but people telling their stories of gains and losses in ways that invite compassion, respect, and fellow feeling. This book makes me hopeful for the future of American poetics as part of our political discourse, as part of a common life that binds our diverse interests. If more poets had Radavich's ambition - to write for a broad audience, instead of only a few; to write about the world we live in and what we owe to others - then we would see people everywhere with poems in their pockets and in their briefcases.\u003cbr\u003e Leonora Smith, poet, author of Spacial Relations \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In praise of By the Way, by David Radavich: \u003cbr\u003e David Radavich demonstrates how he has found the perfect poetic technique for the expression of his unfailingly interesting take on life. This is splendidly controlled free verse which takes the reader into fascinating alleyways that resolve themselves into neatly, though never glibly, turned conclusions. There are many 'Yes, yes, that's exactly how it is' poems . . . . \u003cbr\u003e Adrian Buckner, Orbis, Summer 1998","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52145541513489,"sku":"NLS9781891386688","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781891386688.jpg?v=1757594081"},{"product_id":"middle-east-mezze-book-david-radavich-9781935514114","title":"Middle-East Mezze","description":"Reading David Radavich's poems transported me to the Orient, to its dry and teeming sands and feasts of dates and skewered meats. He dedicates Middle-East Mezze to those who suffered and who dream and does not shy away from the woe of the region. He captures the dignity and suffering of the Palestinian and Iraqi peoples. . . . Radavich's poems drew me in with their easy-going, conversational tone. In this collection, every poem is alive with energy and drama.\u003cbr\u003e Jean Grant, author of The Burning Veil: A Novel of Arabia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Middle-East Mezze is a sumptuous buffet of lyricism and imagery. Radavich takes us to Iraq, Palestine and Egypt and, during our journey, forces us to question how such rich ancient cultures could have fallen into such desperation. A poignant reminder of splendid heritage, these poems foreground the tragedy of war and injustice while at the same time delighting us with the wonderfully ornate complexities that make up the Middle East \u003cbr\u003e Mike Maggio, author of deMOCKracy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Middle-East Mezze is a book of rare vision and ambition, given its sweeping geographical and historical scope. These poignant poems are finely honed, distilled to the essential. The progression of individual pieces, each complete in itself, seems inevitable, reflecting a keen sensitivity shaping the book as a whole. This collection positively bristles with arresting and unforgettable images, whether evoking the swirl of a bazaar in Egypt, descending ancient catacombs, or making the desolation of an arid landscape palpable. 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