{"product_id":"books-fall-higher-by-dean-young","title":"Fall Higher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Young has always stood out for his sharp humor, boundless poetic energy, and sheer readability. If adventurous poetry can sometimes feel like a tenuous tightrope walk, Young's poems feel more like zip lines.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book reads like a long, breathless thank-you for life's seemingly random jumble of beauty, strangeness, tenderness, and joy.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFall Higher\u003c\/i\u003e is a major collection by one of America's most inventive and entertaining writers. In this paperback release, Dean Young's work contends with the challenges of love, wryly cataloging mistakes, deterioration, and broken vows. Young's humor is as sharp as ever, and coupled with a vulnerability that renders \u003ci\u003eFall Higher\u003c\/i\u003e his most intimate collection to date.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The True Apology Takes Years\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe true apology takes years.\u003cbr\u003e Terrible dry eyes!\u003cbr\u003e The tree rings grow closer and closer together\u003cbr\u003e but the nail is swallowed.\u003cbr\u003e Great heaps of rubble are moved up and down the shore.\u003cbr\u003e Finally a dance is performed to complete the forgiveness,\u003cbr\u003e stamping out small fires,\u003cbr\u003e the whole palladium decorated with thistles\u003cbr\u003e like the last twenty pages of a Victorian novel.\u003cbr\u003e Now that your hunger is gone you're welcome to the banquet . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean Young\u003c\/b\u003e has published twelve books of poetry, including finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and Griffin Award. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the NEA, as well as an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches at the University of Texas and lives in Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506691465489,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781556594014.jpg?v=1778116595","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-fall-higher-by-dean-young","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}