{"product_id":"bird-odyssey-paperback","title":"Bird Odyssey - 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\u003eBarbara Hamby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravel has always been Barbara Hamby's muse, and in \u003ci\u003eBird Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e she hits the road hard, riding a train across Siberia, taking a car trip from Memphis to New Orleans on Highway 61, and following \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e from Troy to Ithaka. The concatenation of images released include Elvis and Tolstoy cruising through the sky in a pink Cadillac, Homer and Robert Johnson discussing their art in the Underworld, and the women in \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e telling their side of the story, because what's a woman to do in this world of men? She has to strike out on her own, ask the right questions, and tell her own story, translating the world into her own bright lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Hamby\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eHoloholo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBird Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn the Street of Divine Love: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eBurn\u003c\/i\u003e is her eighth book of poems. In 2010 her book of stories about Hawai'i, \u003ci\u003eLester Higata's 20th Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Iowa\/John Simmons Prize. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ploughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand many other magazines. She teaches at Florida State University, where she is distinguished university scholar, and lives in Tallahassee, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52553767944485,"sku":"9780822965251","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/i-zPP7U7L39780822965251.webp?v=1781353378","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/bird-odyssey-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}