{"product_id":"what-we-take-with-us-paperback","title":"What We Take With Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSylvia Woods\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from the humble and poignant to the humorous, \u003cstrong\u003eSylvia Woods\u003c\/strong\u003e' poems explore her personal experience as an educator, as well as her own transition from daughter to mother and eventually to grandmother. Throughout Woods' work, \u003cstrong\u003ethe landscape and culture of Appalachia is a driving force\u003c\/strong\u003e. So too is \u003cstrong\u003ethe memory of family and the myth of family history\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat We Take With Us\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e are, as \u003cstrong\u003eacclaimed poet Maurice Manning\u003c\/strong\u003e says, \"as true as a river fork and as durable as the hills above.\" He continues, \"They are also, like the many people and voices here recalled, humble and hard-won. The grit and humor walk side by side with grief and spunk, but isn't that what we ask of poetry, this lofty air?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKentucky Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon \u003c\/strong\u003epraises Sylvia Woods' work with these words: \"Like switchback roads in the mountains she hails from ... Woods' poems are going to take you places, and you don't want to miss the ride!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor \u003cstrong\u003eDarnell Arnoult \u003c\/strong\u003edescribes \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat We Take With Us\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e in this way: \"Sylvia Woods 'captures' the reader in a vault of rich images, layers and layers of ideas to mine and gorgeously crafted moments of recognition for the poet and for us her readers. This may be a debut collection, but Woods is no novice to poetry. Each poem is a gem crafted by an experienced hand, strung together jewel after jewel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat We Take With Us\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis published by \u003cstrong\u003eEastOver Press\u003c\/strong\u003e. (\u003cstrong\u003ewww.EastOverPress.com\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47445131460786,"sku":"9781958094129","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9704a6b2c69e0ea8511d018e866bc183.webp?v=1778715982","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/what-we-take-with-us-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}