{"product_id":"midsummer-count-new-and-selected-poems-9780826369338","title":"Midsummer Count: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eMaster craftsperson, renowned feminist poet and activist Robin Becker explores a number of themes in this bountiful selection of new and selected poems.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidsummer Count \u003c\/i\u003ecollects the best work of Robin Becker, considered by many to be the foremost feminist poet of her generation. With selections from each of her previously published books and nearly thirty new poems, readers enter Becker's lifelong exploration of childhood, animals, cherished places, complex friendships, and romantic intimacy. A life-affirming current yokes these narratives across time, even as a sister's early suicide haunts the decades. In blank and free verse, in couplets, quatrains, and sonnets, the poet wrestles formal tensions, creating a present-day idiom for beauty, grief, and compassion. Lovers of Becker's work and those new to it will find in \u003ci\u003eMidsummer Count\u003c\/i\u003e a master class by one of today's most dynamic poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Becker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826369338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Becker \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eight previous books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe Black Bear Inside Me \u003c\/i\u003eand the Lambda Award winner \u003ci\u003eAll-American Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, both published in the Pitt Poetry Series. A liberal arts research professor emerita in English and women's studies at the Pennsylvania State University, she lives in central Pennsylvania and southwestern New Hampshire.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Robin Becker \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47876578541725,"sku":"9780826369338","price":46.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0093ca43-4de7-4a0e-a2a3-f173ad83173f.jpg?v=1777382401","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/midsummer-count-new-and-selected-poems-9780826369338","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}