{"title":"Stanley Plumly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStanley Plumly\u003c\/strong\u003e offers readers a deep, reflective journey through poetry that often intertwines themes of memory, nature, and the passage of time. His works, including \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMiddle Distance\u003c\/em\u003e, reveal a contemplative voice that explores the subtle intersections of personal history and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlumly's writing resonates with those interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, as his lyrical style invites a thoughtful engagement with the human experience. His subtle reflections also echo the spirit of travel and discovery, inviting readers to traverse landscapes both physical and emotional.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"collected-poems-of-stanley-plumly-by-stanley-plumly-9781324105930","title":"Collected Poems of Stanley Plumly","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1939, Stanley Plumly wrote poems that explored the deep interiors of the human heart and mind against a wide backdrop of cultural and historical events. Profoundly personal yet socially astute, his work is both descriptively exact and allusive, engaging nature and art as well as family and friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his existing work and including nine brilliant new poems, \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e gathers the full range of Plumly's talent as it charts the development of his unique and enduring contribution to the American lyric. The volume stands as a tribute to Plumly's artistic vision and will be welcomed by his many readers now and in the generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072163102956,"sku":"9781324105930","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11743693482659.jpg?v=1765082781"},{"product_id":"middle-distance-by-stanley-plumly-9780393882490","title":"Middle Distance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a diagnosis of cancer, acclaimed poet Stanley Plumly found himself in the middle distance—looking back at his childhood and a rich lifetime of family and friends, while gazing into a future shaped by the press of mortality. In \u003cem\u003eMiddle Distance\u003c\/em\u003e, his final collection, he pushes onward into new territory with extended hybrid forms and revelatory prose pieces. The result is the moving culmination of a long career, a work of fearless, transcendent poems that face down the impending eternal voyage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlumly populates this collection with tender depictions of poets, family, and friends—the relationships that sustained him throughout his life—as well as unflinching self-portraits. In \"White Rhino,\" for instance, he adopts the voice of the \"last of [his] kind,\" using the rare creature as a canvas to depict the dying, aging poet himself. In \"Night Pastorals,\" he writes vividly and movingly about being on his deathbed, with fragmentary impressions of the other side. In profound lyric narratives, Plumly reaches out to a past that feels closer than ever, returning to the Ohio of his childhood and the shadows of a country at war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending documentary and memoir with his signature Keatsian lyricism, \u003cem\u003eMiddle Distance\u003c\/em\u003e contemplates at every turn the horizons of Plumly's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471145550060,"sku":"9780393882490","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393882490-middle-distance.jpg?v=1775235453"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/stanley-plumly.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}