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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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612-822-4611
Rain Witness

Rain Witness

Ryterband, Ed

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1639802088
ISBN13: 9781639802081
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Published: Oct 20 2022
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In his new book Rain Witness, Ed Ryterband--psychologist, teacher, standup comedian, father, husband, lover and poet-explores intense moments in his long and varied life. During the Covid epidemic, he's been down in his basement, going through that old maple bookcase, recreating his once upon a time. He explains how a child becomes a Giraffe Whisperer, touches a giraffe before she slowly raises her head way up to the sky. But this 80-year-old poet doesn't live in the past, and he does not feel like a patriarch. He contemplates everything from Night Crullers to Cantaloupes, discusses The Deal between Narcissus, the Foxes and Weasels as political fable, and meditates upon the death of a lobster as his own demise: When I'm not looking, he tells Death, take me then. Ryterband knows, Time is a wicked shadow and Surrender is a tricky skill.

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