{"product_id":"chitwood-michael-a-day-of-ipb","title":"Chitwood, Michael: A Day of It: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eLSU Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: January 8, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Day of It,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe ninth book of poems by Michael Chitwood, is a fanfare for the commonplace and the oft overlooked, both among places and people. In the spirit of Seamus Heaney, Chitwood's poetry seeks the whereabouts of the \"thin places\" in the everyday--an abandoned barn, a weedy roadside, even an antique sewing machine. The dwindling tobacco fields and shuttered textile mills of Chitwood's native Appalachia bring to bear both personal and historical revelations. The complicated history of the region entwines with the personal in sonically rich lyrics. This is no Appalachian elegy, but Appalachian homage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe poems in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Day of It\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003epay people and place their greatest compliment: attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44165074419735,"sku":"9780807186046","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/9780807186046.jpg?v=1767989739","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/chitwood-michael-a-day-of-ipb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}