{"title":"William Heyen","description":"William Heyen is the author of \u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrazy Horse in Stillness (1996), Pig Notes and Other Dumb Music: Prose on Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), and \u003cem\u003eDiana, Chrales, \u0026amp; the Queen\u003c\/em\u003e (1998) all from BOA Editions. \u003c\/span\u003eHeyen has received fellowships from the Guggenheim, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.","products":[{"product_id":"diana-charles-the-queen","title":"Diana, Charles, \u0026 the Queen","description":"\u003cp\u003eA poetic exploration of the House of Windsor at the end of the 20th Century.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDiana, Charles, \u0026amp; the Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, National Book Award finalist William Heyen captures the successes and shortcomings of the British royal family. His poetic vision allows us to see the humanity of each character: a young Elizabeth contemplating love while crying into a cloth woven by Gandhi, a gallant Prince Charles courts a wide-eyed Diana with anecdotes of his travels, and gradually, a frustrated Diana as her marriage crumbles in its later years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompleted before the tragic death of Princess Diana in 1997, this book is a multi-leveled literary work, stunning in its depth, and far removed from what has previously been offered on the subject of the royal family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChildhood\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Windsor, this artifact: the bullet \u003cbr\u003efrom Lord Nelson's heart; \u0026amp; this: the shirt\u003cbr\u003eworn by Charles I when executed— \u003cbr\u003estill stained black with his blood; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; these: the prayer book of Sir Thomas More;\u003cbr\u003efrom Joan of Arc, one charred molar;\u003cbr\u003ethe Green Knight's sword \u0026amp; breastplate; \u003cbr\u003eGrendel's evil eye solidified to agate. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd 199\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable editions: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003ePaperback ISBN: 1-880238-69-1 \u003cbr\u003ePrice: $12.95 \u003cbr\u003ePublishing Date: January 1998\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8418309061,"sku":"1880238691","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/DIANA_CHARLES_AND_THE_QUEEN.jpg?v=1527683209"},{"product_id":"crazy-horse-in-stillness-poems-1","title":"Crazy Horse In Stillness poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Heyen's \u003cem\u003eCrazy Horse In Stillness\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful collection of more than 400 poems that explores the collision of North America's two civilizations-one moving in a cyclical, visionary rhythm of primal timelessness; the other racing in a linear, time-driven thrust to fulfill its \"manifest destiny.\" This collision transpires through the lives and mythic personas of General George Armstrong Custer and the Sioux warrior-mystic Crazy Horse, both of whom believe themselves messianic, embodying both the visionary and the historical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCurly finds himself\u003cbr\u003egazing up at himself\u003cbr\u003efrom the depth of a pond.\u003cbr\u003eI am this, then, \u003cbr\u003ehe repeats to himself.\u003cbr\u003eThe boy in the pond\u003cbr\u003emimics his every face,\u003cbr\u003ebut how can he mind?\u003cbr\u003eIs this confusion,\u003cbr\u003eor is it clear\u003cbr\u003ethat water is air,\u003cbr\u003eair is water?\u003cbr\u003eHis watery twin,\u003cbr\u003ehere, there,\u003cbr\u003elooks up in wonder\u003cbr\u003einto this other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd 1996 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable editions:\u003cbr\u003e------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003ePrice: $15.00 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802104901,"sku":"1880238292","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/CRAZY_HORSE.jpg?v=1527683203"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/47.1343409233.jpeg?v=1449014912","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/william-heyen.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}