{"product_id":"wild-flight-paperback-1","title":"Wild Flight - 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\u003eChristine Rhein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert A. Fink\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture; from the European landscape of World War II to present-day Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific, as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life's juxtapositions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Christine Rhein makes a stunning debut in Wild Flight, distinguishing herself immediately with poems of grace and intelligence. . . . Turning her eye toward science, technology, human relationships, love and war, she never merely describes a thing, but persuades us to a point of view that is subtle and sophisticated, sympathetic, and challenging, funny and almost warm to the touch with each living moment.\"--Molly Peacock \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Most writers take several publications and years to find their stride, yet the work of Christine Rhein in her debut anthology of poetry in Wild Flight comes from someone who is already seasoned . . . brilliant . . . on the subjects that matter most.\" -- Midwest Book Review \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e FROM THE BOOK: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Friday night \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and we're not perched at some neon-lit Manhattan bar, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e not dancing in the ballroom of the San Francisco Ritz \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e but mixing martinis in our Michigan kitchen, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e a pot of potatoes on the stove, our twenty-year-old \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Formica piled with newspapers, bills, sons' projects--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e bean plants growing well beyond the experiment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I think of all the variables affecting a marriage . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How lucky to sit at this counter, to watch you \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e lift the frosted glasses from the freezer, your hips\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e moving in rhythm as you bounce the deco shaker, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e its jangle of gin and ice--and that drop of liqueur\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e you add, tinting the cocktails robin egg blue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristine Rhein, formerly a mechanical engineer in Detroit's automotive industry, lives in Brighton, Michigan. Her poems have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Southern Review and have been selected for Poetry Daily and Best New Poets 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46718054039749,"sku":"9780896726673","price":26.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/0UHPogzryC9780896726673_7b11b76e-1b32-4f47-a1c0-457f4d9a96f7.webp?v=1786583990","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/wild-flight-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}