{"product_id":"11-25-2020-talking-to-shadows-by-ron-houchin","title":"Houchin, Ron: Talking to Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003eLouisiana State University Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNovember 25, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: Wolves howl in the hollow of night, cats yowl from crags and forests, but people describe sunsets, address their dead, pray to what they feel may lie beyond the stars, and perhaps even take note of mysterious figures lurking in alleys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalking to Shadows,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ehis latest collection of poems, Ron Houchin replies with sensitivity and wit to things noticed or sensed, offering a celebration of sights, sounds, and objects that elicit responses through the phenomena of their being. Whether evoking the presage of a coming ice age, a photo of an unknown ancestor in a family album, or the presence of nature during a lone walk across a night field, Houchin's poems converse with the shadows of existence that permeate a world filled with beauty and mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31659065245719,"sku":"9780807172728","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/rh.gif?v=1594943661","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/11-25-2020-talking-to-shadows-by-ron-houchin","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}