{"title":"B. H. Fairchild","description":"\u003cp\u003eB. H. Fairchild’s works invite readers into a reflective exploration of everyday moments, capturing the subtle beauty found within ordinary lives. His writing weaves together themes of memory, place, and the human experience with a distinct poetic sensibility, making his books a compelling choice for those drawn to thoughtful and evocative literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSteeped in the nuances of Arts \u0026amp; Culture, Fairchild’s storytelling balances intimacy with universal resonance. His carefully crafted narratives appeal to readers seeking depth and quiet insight in their literary journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"an-ordinary-life-by-b-h-fairchild-9781324086444","title":"An Ordinary Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this stirring volume, award-winning poet B. H. Fairchild seeks the ironic, haunting presence imbuing each ordinary life with beauty, power, and meaning. By turns polyphonic and deeply personal, these poems range from Kansas highways and sunbaked baseball fields to secondhand memories of a World War II foxhole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey zoom in on a welder's truck, a Walmart on Black Friday, and a record store, where a chance encounter offers radiant kindness in the face of grief. In a suite of prose poems written in the returning persona of the machinist and philosopher Roy Eldridge Garcia, \"a watcher of things,\" Fairchild finds sacred meaning in domestic scenes and expansive imagined narratives. Throughout, the poet evokes the brutal beauty of the American heartland, a morning's \"sheet-metal sky\" and a grandfather's farm, with its \"dusty creek, damp only when the winter wheat was bogged in snow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElevating blue-collar work and scenes from small towns in clear-eyed, reverent poetry, Fairchild proves himself once again \u003cem\u003ethe American voice at its best: confident and conflicted, celebratory and melancholic\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423793496300,"sku":"9781324086444","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71Ko5KrTKfL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774430462"},{"product_id":"an-ordinary-life-by-b-h-fairchild-9781324036852","title":"An Ordinary Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this stirring volume, award-winning poet B. H. Fairchild seeks the ironic, haunting presence imbuing each ordinary life with beauty, power, and meaning. By turns polyphonic and deeply personal, these poems range from Kansas highways and sunbaked baseball fields to secondhand memories of a World War II foxhole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey zoom in on a welder's truck, a Walmart on Black Friday, and a record store, where a chance encounter offers radiant kindness in the face of grief. In a suite of prose poems written in the returning persona of the machinist and philosopher Roy Eldridge Garcia, \"a watcher of things,\" Fairchild finds sacred meaning in domestic scenes and expansive imagined narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout, the poet evokes the brutal beauty of the American heartland, a morning's \"sheet-metal sky\" and a grandfather's farm, with its \"dusty creek, damp \/ only when the winter wheat was bogged \/ in snow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElevating blue-collar work and scenes from small towns in clear-eyed, reverent poetry, Fairchild proves himself once again \u003cem\u003ethe American voice at its best: confident and conflicted, celebratory and melancholic\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47429809275116,"sku":"9781324036852","price":50.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324036852.jpg?v=1774559874"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/b-h-fairchild.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}