{"product_id":"poet-in-high-street-park-prose-poetry-for-modern-salem-prose-poetry-for-modern-salem-9780931507564","title":"Poet in High Street Park: Prose \u0026 Poetry for Modern Salem: Prose \u0026 Poetry for Modern Salem","description":"\u003ci\u003ePoet in High Street Park\u003c\/i\u003e is a love song to Salem, Massachusetts, by a writer who has grounded himself in the everyday realities of living in the city for the past 30 years, from playgrounds to classrooms to ballfields. It is testimony that, beneath the Halloween hoo-ha and the historical tours crowding the sidewalks, people live here. Finding the university in the local, this book asks who we are and who we want to be. --J.D. Scromgeour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. D. Scrimgeour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Loom Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.18w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780931507564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScrimgeour, J. D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - J.D. Scrimgeour is the inaugural poet laureate of Salem, Massachusetts, and has lived in the city since 1996 with his wife, Eileen FitzGerald. He the author of six books of poetry, the most recent being \u003ci\u003eSmall, Rectangular, Reflected World\u003c\/i\u003e (Nixes Mate, 2025). His previous collection was the bilingual \u003ci\u003e香蕉面包\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Banana Bread\u003c\/i\u003e, written as a way to practice learning Mandarin during the Covid pandemic. Scrimgeour's second book of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003e Themes for English B: A Professor's Education In \u0026amp; Out of Class \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Association of Writers and Writing Program's (AWP) Award for Nonfiction. Scrimgeour has also done various interdisciplinary work. With musician Philip Swanson he released \u003ci\u003eOgunquit \u0026amp; Other Works, \u003c\/i\u003e a CD blending music and poetry, and with his two sons, Aidan and Guthrie, he wrote the musical, \u003ci\u003eOnly Human\u003c\/i\u003e, which was performed in Salem's Ames Hall. ","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"J. D. Scrimgeour \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733882486941,"sku":"9780931507564","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_635c183b-5923-4be3-a0be-b7ed9af3b75e.jpg?v=1773737666","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/poet-in-high-street-park-prose-poetry-for-modern-salem-prose-poetry-for-modern-salem-9780931507564","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}