{"product_id":"the-ways-we-touch","title":"THE WAYS WE TOUCH","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e      \u003cb\u003eIncludes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e        \"Of History and Hope,\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e        the 1997 Presidential Inaugural Poem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       When Miller Williams\u003cbr\u003e         read his Inaugural Poem, \"Of History and Hope,\" to a world-wide\u003cbr\u003e         audience in January, his proverbial \"fifteen minutes of fame\"\u003cbr\u003e         lasted far less--somewhere between three and four minutes. That was long\u003cbr\u003e         enough to make a big impact on many. Said poet Paul Zimmer, one of the\u003cbr\u003e         millions in his viewing audience, \"I came up out of my Lazy-Boy and\u003cbr\u003e         cheered loudly!\"\u003cbr\u003e       Williams is an\u003cbr\u003e         American original whose poems have been praised for both the elegance\u003cbr\u003e         of their style and the simplicity of their language, for their wonderful\u003cbr\u003e         humor and genuine passion. The works in his newest collection, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e        Ways We Touch, \u003c\/i\u003emay be nostalgic or challenging, humorous or full of\u003cbr\u003e         moral fortitude; always Williams speaks with the kind of insight that\u003cbr\u003e         rises from wisdom and experience.\u003cbr\u003e       Praise for Williams's\u003cbr\u003e         earlier work:\u003cbr\u003e       \"Miller\u003cbr\u003e         Williams is one of those writers whose books drag me snorkeling happily\u003cbr\u003e         along. Happy as a pig among truffles, I hurry to the next treasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e         -- William Stafford\u003cbr\u003e       \"Most contemporary\u003cbr\u003e         poets might well go to him for lessons in the art of speaking plainly\u003cbr\u003e         in disciplined lines alive with emotional energy.\" -- X. J. Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e       \"Better\u003cbr\u003e         than almost anything else being published.\" -- Donald Justice\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Miller Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614303936892,"sku":"9780252023620","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_78351527-1cc8-4922-a95d-1b48de923e40.jpg?v=1746711325","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ways-we-touch","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}