{"product_id":"lapidary-paperback","title":"Lapidary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoxanne Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eRichard Marx Weinraub\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems, voiced by stones, speaking for the poet and for humanity, are beautiful and peculiar. Weinraub cracks open craft to reveal humane interiors. Fixed forms with meter and rhyme, tenderly chiseled, deftly sculpted, pulse with regret, joy and a hundred other sentiments. Bright diction and an impressive control of syntax allows Weinraub to modulate tone and music. Wit and gorgeous capitulations abound in this book. \"Gentlemen prefer blonde Crystals\" gives way to \"imperfections are a garden.\" These poems \"forge a new world out of stone,\" a landscape populated by jade, garnet, and onyx with time-rich thoughts, blood-rich emotion. - EDUARDO C. CORRAL, author of \u003ci\u003eSlow Lightning, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Yale Younger Poets Prize, 2012; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLapidary\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and brilliant collection of poems that offers insights into the various states of human nature through the voices of different stones. This book is a must have, and it will be avidly read for years to come. - EDWARD ODWITT, writer \u0026amp; illustrator; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLapidary\u003c\/i\u003e - stones, semi-precious, precious - stones talk to you, skillfully, convincingly and you believe them, you believe them! - THOMAS LUX, acclaimed poet and teacher, the Bourne chair in poetry at the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated to the Marx Brothers through his mother, RICHARD MARX WEINRAUB was born in New York City in 1949. He was a Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico from 1987 through 2010. A book of his poetry entitled \u003ci\u003eWonder Bread Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2002 by the University of Puerto Rico Press. Poets Wear Prada published his chapbook \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e in 2008, and a poem from it was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize. His poetry has appeared in many journals including \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsheville Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouth Carolina Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreen Mountains Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRiver Styx\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46125397016773,"sku":"9780615833224","price":28.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/GKwi3NhE8D9780615833224.webp?v=1777089406","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/lapidary-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}