{"product_id":"like-a-beggar-paperback","title":"Like a Beggar - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaterson Poetry Prize Finalist, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatured on NPR's \u003ci\u003eThe Writer's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ellen Bass's new poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eLike a Beggar\u003c\/i\u003e, pulses with sex, humor and compassion.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bass tries to convey everyday wonder on contemporary experiences of sex, work, aging, and war. Those who turn to poetry to become confidants for another's stories and secrets will not be disappointed.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In her fifth book of poetry, Bass addresses everything from Saturn's rings and Newton's law of gravitation to wasps and Pablo Neruda. Her words are nostalgic, vivid, and visceral. Bass arrives at the truth of human carnality rooted in the extraordinary need and promise of the individual. Bass shows us that we are as radiant as we are ephemeral, that in transience glistens resilient history and the remarkable fluidity of connection. By the collection's end--following her musings on suicide and generosity, desire and repetition--it becomes lucidly clear that Bass is not only a poet but also a philosopher and a storyteller.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen Bass brings a deft touch as she continues her ongoing interrogations of crucial moral issues of our times, while simultaneously delighting in endearing human absurdities. From the start of Like a Beggar, Bass asks her readers to relax, even though \"bad things are going to happen,\" because the \"bad\" gets mined for all manner of goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Another Story\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter dinner, we're drinking scotch at the kitchen table.\u003cbr\u003eJanet and I just watched a NOVA special\u003cbr\u003eand we're explaining to her mother\u003cbr\u003ethe age and size of the universe--\u003cbr\u003ethe hundred billion stars in the hundred billion galaxies.\u003cbr\u003eDotty lives at Dominican Oaks, making her way down the long hall.\u003cbr\u003eHow about the sun? she asks, a little farmshit in the endlessness.\u003cbr\u003eI gather up a cantaloupe, a lime, a cherry, \u003cbr\u003eand start revolving this salad around the chicken carcass.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the best scotch I ever tasted, Dotty says, \u003cbr\u003eeven though we gave her the Maker's Mark\u003cbr\u003ewhile we're drinking Glendronach...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Bass\u003c\/b\u003e's poetry includes \u003ci\u003e Like A Beggar \u003c\/i\u003e(Copper Canyon Press, 2014), \u003ci\u003eThe Human Line \u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2007), which was named a Notable Book by the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMules of Love\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA, 2002), which won the Lambda Literary Award. She co-edited (with Florence Howe) the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eNo More Masks! An Anthology of Poems by Women \u003c\/i\u003e(Doubleday, 1973). Her work has frequently been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, American Poetry Review, The New Republic, The Sun \u003c\/i\u003e and many other journals. She is co-author of several non-fiction books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse \u003c\/i\u003e(HarperCollins, 1988, 2008) which has sold over a million copies and been translated into twelve languages. She is part of the core faculty of the MFA writing program at Pacific University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46583620960412,"sku":"9781556594649","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781556594649.jpg?v=1774476125","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/like-a-beggar-paperback","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}