Paperback. There is much to delight one in David Shaddock's trademark eleven-syllable sonnets: gems for the eye and ear, a remarkable tenderness in the poems of marriage and family, a way of writing about the political from direct personal experience. -Alan Williamson, Warren Wilson College, author, Franciscan Notes and Dante and the Night JourneyIn these times, David Shaddock's ability to find meaning and consolation in the small events and encounters of our lives is an invaluable gift. With his consciousness sharpened and expanded by his longtime practice as a psychotherapist, he boldly but tenderly examines the dire challenges of living through this moment in time, packing insight after insight into a tonally diverse collection of forty-four sonnets. His subjects range from the mundane to the catastrophic, encompassing domestic life in long term marriage, to climate change, to meditations on grief and loss, to, in the books final section, personal retellings of the Psalmist's longing for, and arguments with, God. -Kate Daniels, Vanderbilt University, author, In the Months of My Son's Recovery and Slow Fuse of the Possible: A Memoir of Poetry and Psychoanalysis This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Tehachapi Pass (Paperback)
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1639808108
ISBN 13: 9781639808106
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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There is much to delight one in David Shaddock’s trademark eleven-syllable sonnets: gems for the eye and ear, a remarkable tenderness in the poems of marriage and family, a way of writing about the political from direct personal experience.

—Alan Williamson, Warren Wilson College, author, Franciscan Notes and Dante and the Night Journey

In these times, David Shaddock’s ability to find meaning and consolation in the small events and encounters of our lives is an invaluable gift. With his consciousness sharpened and expanded by his longtime practice as a psychotherapist, he boldly but tenderly examines the dire challenges of living through this moment in time, packing insight after insight into a tonally diverse collection of forty-four sonnets. His subjects range from the mundane to the catastrophic, encompassing domestic life in long term marriage, to climate change, to meditations on grief and loss, to, in the books final section, personal retellings of the Psalmist’s longing for, and arguments with, God.

—Kate Daniels, Vanderbilt University, author, In the Months of My Son’s Recovery and Slow Fuse of the Possible: A Memoir of Poetry and Psychoanalysis

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