{"product_id":"brother-fire-isbn-9780375710490","title":"Brother Fire","description":"In this rich collection, W. S. Di Piero seeks the spirit and substance of illumination in all its forms. He finds meaning, or shows us how we attempt to do so, in the rituals and events that mark our year–the Fourth of July, Halloween, New Year’s Eve–and in the ordinary activities of mowing, dancing, drinking, trying to stay warm. “The Kiss” recounts how, as a young man, the poet was \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e called to the priesthood; in “Prayer Meeting,” he recalls watching his mother iron, with her “hopeless routine longing,” and declares, “I wanted more than what I prayed for.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor all their simplicity, Di Piero’s direct, often conversational turns of phrase reveal a world aflame with troubles, with love, with surprising lyrical epiphanies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDidn’t You Say Desire Is\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elike the elephant fog\u003cbr\u003eshredded north\u003cbr\u003ea white sun going down\u003cbr\u003eBessemers fired\u003cbr\u003ethrough clouds horizoned\u003cbr\u003eon my dog-eared stack\u003cbr\u003eIt feels good and right\u003cbr\u003eto waste earnest hours\u003cbr\u003eof an early evening’s\u003cbr\u003edaylight saving time\u003cbr\u003ein uncertainty and want\u003cbr\u003ethese cranky climates\u003cbr\u003echanging in us while we\u003cbr\u003ehaven’t started dinner yet.W. S. Di Piero was born in South Philadelphia in 1945. He is the author of eight books of poetry, as well as four volumes of translations. He writes about art for the \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Reader\u003c\/i\u003e and has published three collections of essays and criticism on art, literature, and personal experience. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and a Lila Wallace—\u003ci\u003eReader’s Digest\u003c\/i\u003e Writers’ Award. He lives in San Francisco and teaches at Stanford University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. S. Di Piero’s \u003ci\u003eSkirts and Slacks\u003c\/i\u003e is available in Knopf paperback.\u003cb\u003eDidn’t You Say Desire Is\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elike the elephant fog\u003cbr\u003eshredded north\u003cbr\u003ea white sun going down\u003cbr\u003eBessemers fired\u003cbr\u003ethrough clouds horizoned\u003cbr\u003eon my dog-eared stack\u003cbr\u003eIt feels good and right \u003cbr\u003eto waste earnest hours\u003cbr\u003eof an early evening’s\u003cbr\u003edaylight savings time\u003cbr\u003ein uncertainty and want\u003cbr\u003ethese cranky climates \u003cbr\u003echanging in us while we\u003cbr\u003ehaven’t started dinner yet.","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304257835237,"sku":"NP9780375710490","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375710490.jpg?v=1767723111","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/brother-fire-isbn-9780375710490","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}