{"product_id":"the-ascension-of-sandys-drive-in","title":"The Ascension of Sandy’s Drive-In","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe former poet laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan, \u003cstrong\u003eRodney Torreson\u003c\/strong\u003e won the \u003cem\u003eSeattle Review\u003c\/em\u003e’s Bentley Prize, and Storyline Press named him runner-up for the national Roerich Prize for first books. Torreson lives in Grand Rapids with his wife Paulette, where he taught at Immanuel-St. James Lutheran School for thirty-six years. In 2007, he created the online youth poetry journal, \u003cem\u003eThrough the Third Eye.\u003c\/em\u003e In 2015, the Dyer-Ives Foundation honored him “for his longstanding commitment as a poet, teacher, patron, and advocate for poetry in West Michigan.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis three full-length collections of poetry are \u003cem\u003eThe Jukebox Was the Jury of Their Love\u003c\/em\u003e (Finishing Line Press, 2019), \u003cem\u003eA Breathable Light\u003c\/em\u003e (New Issues Press, 2002), and \u003cem\u003eThe Ripening of Pinstripes: Called Shots on the New York Yankees\u003c\/em\u003e (Story Line Press, 1998). In addition, he has published two chapbooks: \u003cem\u003eThe Secrets of Fieldwork\u003c\/em\u003e (Finishing Line Press, 2010) and\u003cem\u003e On a Moonstruck Gravel Road\u003c\/em\u003e (Juniper Press, l994). Torreson also edited an anthology, \u003cem\u003eCultivating a Sense of Place: Poetry by West Michigan Youth, 2009. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 136 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (August 17, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReview:\u003cbr\u003eTipton Poetry Journal (Fall 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44462958772327,"sku":"akt1787286912414","price":16.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/1601\/0087\/files\/the-ascension-of-sandys-drive-in_1.jpg?v=1787286917","url":"https:\/\/urbanstepfashion.shop\/products\/the-ascension-of-sandys-drive-in","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}