{"product_id":"to-taste-the-river-paperback","title":"To Taste the River - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBaiba Bičole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBitite Vinklers\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaiba Bičole belongs to the postwar generation of Latvian poets living in exile who reached artistic maturity outside their native country and broke with the older exile generation's traditional, nationalistic poetry. In \u003cem\u003eTo Taste the River\u003c\/em\u003e, Bičole's poems are lyrical and personal, often with intense emotion and startling imagery. Shown through different prisms, like variations on a theme, her subjects include separation, loss, and time; the power of language and song; and love. Central to her vision is nature, both as subject and metaphor. Appearing most frequently are waters (rain, mist, ice, rivers), birds, sun, and sky. Her unique voice renders a continuing motif of thirst, along with the need for freedom and movement, usually expressed through transformation. Nature in her poetry is distinct in that it is rooted in the world of the traditional Latvian folk songs, the dainas, where nature is animistic and personified, and the human and natural worlds are deeply interrelated. This is Bičole's first collection of poems in English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBitite Vinklers\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of Latvian folklore and contemporary literature. Her translations have been published in numerous anthologies and journals, including\u003ci\u003e The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/i\u003e. Recent translation collections include\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Imants Ziedonis' \u003ci\u003eEach Day Catches Fire: Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(Red Dragonfly Press, 2015); Knuts Skujenieks' \u003ci\u003eSeed in Snow: Poem\u003c\/i\u003es (BOA Editions, 2016); and \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAleksandrs Čaks'\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems\u003c\/i\u003e (Riga, Latvia: Jumava Press, 2018). She lives and works as an editor in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67942497910936,"sku":"9781951508029","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/pxe9c2tM0h9781951508029.webp?v=1794153034","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/to-taste-the-river-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}