{"product_id":"reign-of-snakes-isbn-9780140589191","title":"Reign of Snakes","description":"Described by the late \u003cb\u003eJames Dickey\u003c\/b\u003e as \"one of the finest new poets to come along in years,\" \u003cb\u003eRobert Wrigley\u003c\/b\u003e fulfills that early promise with this, his newest collection. \u003cb\u003eReign of Snakes\u003c\/b\u003e is a book about desire, the soul's desire as much as the body's. As \u003cb\u003eJane Hirshfield\u003c\/b\u003e said of Wrigley's previous book, \u003cb\u003eIn the Bank of Beautiful Sins\u003c\/b\u003e (Penguin, 1995), \"To read it is to unpeel a little further into the human, and into the wideness that holds the human--a splendid gift.\" \u003cb\u003eReign of Snakes\u003c\/b\u003e takes us to yet another level, deep into the daily devotions, \"where the dark blows a kiss to night.\"\u003cp\u003e. . . \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ea frigid day in February and a full-grownrattlesnake curled to a comma in the middle of   the middle of the just-plowed road. Ice ghost, I think, curve of rock or stubbed-off branch. But the diamonds are there, under a dust of crystals looming, impossible, summer's tattoo, the mythical argyle of evil.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e --from \"\u003cb\u003eReign of Snakes\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003eReign of Snakes\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Afterlife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy Do the Crickets Sing?\u003cbr\u003eDark Forest\u003cbr\u003eHoarfrost\u003cbr\u003eFlies\u003cbr\u003eSad Moose\u003cbr\u003ePart Elegy\u003cbr\u003eArt\u003cbr\u003eHaving Heard the Moon\u003cbr\u003eOpen Grave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Amazing Grace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pumpkin Tree\u003cbr\u003eLessons\u003cbr\u003eMovies\u003cbr\u003eThe Theory and Practice of Fables\u003cbr\u003eThe Knowing\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Flood\u003cbr\u003eThe Burned Cemetery\u003cbr\u003eWanting God\u003cbr\u003eOur Father\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Meditation at Bedrock Canyon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReign of Snakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Night Music\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIce Fishing\u003cbr\u003ePrey\u003cbr\u003eMore Rain\u003cbr\u003ePeace\u003cbr\u003eArrowhead\u003cbr\u003eNostalgia\u003cbr\u003eBodies\u003cbr\u003ePrayer for the Winter\u003cbr\u003eConjure\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnvoy: The Name\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Wrigley is a recipient of numerous grants and fellowships. His sixth and most recent book, \u003ci\u003eLives of the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2004 Poets’ Prize.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299794964709,"sku":"NP9780140589191","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140589191.jpg?v=1767735582","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/reign-of-snakes-isbn-9780140589191","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}