{"product_id":"book-hq2y","title":"An Open Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first collection of poems by one of the world’s best-loved writers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrson Scott Card, the author of \u003cem\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Alvin Maker series, did not originally plan to write fiction. He spent his journeyman years as a playwright. Before that, however, it was poetry that engaged his pen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever content to write just one thing, Card has continued writing poetry along with his more well-known work in other forms. He has submitted little of it for publication, because there are no journals that seem to welcome the kind of poetry he values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/em\u003e, Card’s first published collection, is selected from thirty-five years of poems. The title reflects his attitude that this book and all the poems in it remain works in progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also reflects Card’s commitment to clarity, especially in poetry. As he says in his afterword: “To be clear and yet also say something worth saying is what I believe poets should strive for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The first reading should reward the reader. If later readings reveal new insights, so much the better; but if the first reading did not achieve Dryden’s recipe of sweetness and light, why should a reader return for a second pass?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing an \u003cem\u003eopen book\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethis audiobook edition also features poems not included in the original print edition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skyboat Media","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49352567652656,"sku":"BDhq2y","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49352567685424,"sku":"ZEhq2y","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49352567750960,"sku":"ZMhq2y","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/444929-hq2y-Square.jpg?v=1734331250","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hq2y","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}