{"product_id":"carpathia-poems","title":"Carpathia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWell-controlled eulogies to her dying father in rural Kentucky, lush lyric and prose poems to lovers and former-lovers in Paris and various Eastern European countries, and compelling anaphoric-based narratives that meander between innocence and experience, body and soul\u003cspan size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ethese are the motifs in Cecilia Woloch's stirring collection, \u003ci\u003eCarpathia\u003c\/i\u003e. Cecilia is, first and foremost, a relentless traveler (and watcher) of the human condition. Her poems risk the heart, teach and delight, and remind us that we won't leave this earth without our share of love and weeping. What reviewer Willaim Neumire said of her last collection \u003ci\u003eLate\u003c\/i\u003e, is true of \u003ci\u003eCarpathia\u003c\/i\u003e: \"This collection has a little piece of pleasure for everyone. There are some lyrics in the purest, song-like sense, and there are some lyrical prose-poems that succeed on a more narrative level. This book is a grab-bag of good poems, and each page is a surprise.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like taking a year off to travel around the world with a lover (or two), \u003ci\u003eCarpathia\u003c\/i\u003e finds each day an intoxicating delight.  Likewise, every poem, page after page, is a fine one.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHerald de Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Her travelling poetics are striking in the way that she defies the borders of 'narrative' and 'lyric'; she combines the two seamlessly, an enviable gift.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSacramento News \u0026amp; Review\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cecilia Woloch's poetic voice has grown more lyrically confident with each new book. Now with \u003ci\u003eCarpathia\u003c\/i\u003e, she attempts to lyricize each aspect of her narrated life and succeeds with fine breathtaking abandon.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCarol Muske-Dukes, Poet Laureate of California\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© BOA Editons, Ltd. 2009\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8420014277,"sku":"9781934414262","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/R2_Carpathia_Woloch.jpg?v=1527683195","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/carpathia-poems","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}