{"product_id":"brandi-john-the-diamonpb","title":"[11\/10\/26] Brandi, John: The Diamond Other","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmpty Bowl, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: November 10, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMountains have fascinated New Mexico poet and artist John Brandi since his early childhood trips to the Sierra Nevada, when his parents gave him a sketchpad and encouraged him to draw and write about what moved him. Decades later, we’re happy to publish\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Diamond Other: Mountain Poems \/ New \u0026amp; Selected,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeaturing poems that revisit mountains past and present, local and afar. Complemented with color plates of Brandi’s paintings, these luminous poems move through inner and outer landscapes from the Southwest desert to the Olympics, the Greek islands to the Himalayas. Whether acknowledged for their rugged terrain, spiritual rigors, or silent wonder, each mountainscape in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Diamond Other\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecomes extraordinary in Brandi’s hands, as his poems journey across earth, time, and distance. If, as Zen Master Dogen said, “mountains are apart from the human world,” these poems invite us in, to walk as mountains walk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"John Brandi's work has always been one of the most transcendent gifts of artistry and great spirit anyone could ever find.\" --Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45774438236183,"sku":"9798995298144","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1790958280-900.jpg?v=1792268085","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/brandi-john-the-diamonpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}