{"product_id":"fardc","title":"Farther\/\/FATHER\/\/Further, by David Cappella","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 48 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFarther\/\/FATHER\/\/Further\u003c\/em\u003e offers a glimpse into the life of an distant (“a lone sentinel”) father as witnessed and experienced by his oldest son. The son observes his father in his various emotional states through specific memories he’s conjured of his father throughout his life. The son’s memories range from the time he was a young boy of four up to his adulthood as a sixty-two year old professor\/poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThese poems create a portrait of a father whose strong connection to the natural world sustains him, whose horrors of his wartime experiences are kept tightly locked within, surfacing as angry facts, whose life is built around working a piece of land and raising a family, and whose Italian background is ostensibly rejected. His grief is dark and deep.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThese imagistic poems elicit emotional insights into the unique relationship between the son and the father, a relationship fraught with pitfalls as well as quiet moments of intense connection. Setting plays a large role in bringing the father’s experiences and perceptions into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eDavid Cappella has co-authored two widely used poetry textbooks, \u003cem\u003eTeaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry Day to Day\u003c\/em\u003e. His \u003cem\u003eGobbo: A Solitaire’s Opera\u003c\/em\u003e appeared as a bilingual Italian  edition with puntoacapo Editrice in November 2021. The English edition appeared with Cervena Barva Press  in June 2022. His novel, \u003cem\u003eKindling\u003c\/em\u003e, has been called “a powerful and devastating coming-of-age story.” His current project is a memoir, \u003cem\u003eTugging the Mayflower Home\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Cappella","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":50140817817915,"sku":"FARDC","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50140817850683,"sku":"FARDCe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/FATHERfront.png?v=1743102352","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/fardc","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}