{"product_id":"straw-for-the-fire-from-the-notebooks-of-theodore-roethke-1943-63-paperback","title":"Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke 1943-63 - 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\u003eTheodore Roethke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Wagoner\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are only two passions in art; there are love and hate--with endless modifications.\"--Theodore Roethke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt his death, Theodore Roethke left behind 277 spiral notebooks full of poetry fragments, aphorisms, jokes, memos, journal entries, random phrases, bits of dialogue, commentary, and fugitive miscellany. Within these notebooks, Roethke allowed his mind to rove freely, moment by moment, moving from the practical to the transcendental, from the halting to the sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFellow poet and colleague David Wagoner distilled these notebooks--twelve linear feet of bookshelf--into an energetic, wise, and rollicking collection that shows Roethke to be one of the truly phenomenal creative sources in American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom \"A Psychic Janitor\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI'm sick of fumbling, furtive, disorganized minds like bad lawyers trying to make too many points that this is an age of criticism: and these, mind you, tin-eared punks who couldn't tell a poem from an old boot if a gun were put to their heads . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover art by United States Poet Laureate Ted Kooser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoethke (1908-1963) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for The Waking, and received the National Book Award for Words for the Wind in 1957. He was a demanding and beloved teacher who taught at many colleges and universities, including Lafayette, Penn State, Bennington, and the University of Washington. David Wagoner was a student, friend, and colleague of Theodore Roethke's. He is the author of over a dozen books of poetry and fiction, a longtime editor at Poetry Northwest, and Professor of English at University of Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.02 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463469818163,"sku":"9781556592485","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/cTuk_dcBEl9781556592485.webp?v=1781611690","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/straw-for-the-fire-from-the-notebooks-of-theodore-roethke-1943-63-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}