{"product_id":"dauenhauer-richard-benchmarkspb","title":"Dauenhauer, Richard: Benchmarks: New and Selected Poems 1963-2013","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Alaska Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: November 15, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRussian, German, Tlingit. Like the languages he translates, Richard Dauenhauer's poetry offers unexpected surprises. A prolific translator who also works in Finnish, Swedish, and classical Greek, he has a poetic command of language that has earned him wide recognition over fifty years of published work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenchmarks\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003espans these decades of writing, and each poem contained within marks a certain place in time and space, like a surveyor's benchmark. The poems play with language while focusing on the land and people of Alaska. And like Alaska itself, this book offers a variety of delights--readers will find a new experience with each turn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118192254999,"sku":"9781602232099","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/81hkdAq6CdL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778360951","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/dauenhauer-richard-benchmarkspb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}