{"product_id":"hold-book-bob-hicok-9781556595448","title":"Hold","description":"\u003cp\u003eBob Hicok is that rarity, a cheerful contemporary poet--if not completely happy, still hopeful and celebrative. --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet ultimately the most potent ingredient in virtually every one of Bob Hicok's compact, well-turned poems is a laughter as old as humanity itself, a sweet wagger y that suggests there's almost no problem that can't be solved by this poet's gentle humor. --\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Hicok's tenth collection of poetry, Hold, moves nimbly between childlike revelry and serious introspection. While confronting the rampant hypocrisies of the American collective unconscious, Hicok is guided by his deep and tender sense of whimsy and humility. Pointing to the natural world as a mirror through which to rediscover human beauty, he pauses to unapologetically celebrate the wonder of living at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom About the size of it \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e. . . my breath\u003cbr\u003eshuttling in and out, as if it can't decide \u003cbr\u003ebetween stay and go, the little bird\u003cbr\u003elong gone by the time I realize\u003cbr\u003ethe sun has set and it will soon feel\u003cbr\u003elike my father was never here, which is no big deal\u003cbr\u003ecompared to the erasures the world endures\u003cbr\u003eand offers every day, except this one is mine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBob Hicok \u003c\/strong\u003eteaches at Virginia Tech University and is the author of ten collections, including \u003cem\u003eAnimal Soul, This Clumsy Living, Elegy Owed\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSex \u0026amp; Love \u0026amp;\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the recipient of two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49552380199185,"sku":"GOR013729064","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51037317398801,"sku":"NIN9781556595448","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51137134592273,"sku":"CIN1556595441G","price":10.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52684335153425,"sku":"NLS9781556595448","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1556595441.jpg?v=1771323666","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/hold-book-bob-hicok-9781556595448","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}