Standpipe - by David Hardin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An intimate memoir of the Flint water crisis.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A brief, elegant memoir of the author's work as a Red Cross volunteer delivering emergency water to residents of Flint, Michigan. "A heartfelt portrait of a city, and a man, grieving."―<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b></p><p>A collection of short essays and "exquisitely chiseled vignettes," <i>Standpipe: Delivering Water in Flint</i> sets the struggles of a midwestern city in crisis against David Hardin's narrative of his personal journey as his mother succumbs to dementia and death. Written with a poet's eye for detail and quiet metaphor, <i>Standpipe</i> offers an intimate look at one man's engagement with both civic and familial trauma. It's also a vivid investigation into how we all heal as a community.</p><p>This gentle, observant book is for readers looking to understand the human experience of the Flint Water Crisis, and as well as "the deplorable conditions in Flint and the injustices that have plagued it for generations."</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The short diarylike entries are like sun shining through trees, revealing light and shadow, hope and despair. They are artful yet concise, candid yet snappy as gum, and vary between personal grief and the grief Hardin witnesses, sometimes within the same paragraph, drawing the thinnest line from his middle-class upbringing to the "grinding, generational poverty" of the residents he serves.--Kerri Arsenault, <i>The Washington Post</i><br><br>Isn't it often the poets among us who somehow manage to touch our most vulnerable places? Sometimes our broken parts elude healing through the usual parades of facts and political arguments; poets open us up to truths of the heart, where healing begins. [Hardin] pulls it off, I contend, with humility. It's a deeply personal account of one man's story and makes no claims to cover the whole crisis itself or speak for its victims.--Jan Worth-Nelson, <i>East Village Magazine</i><br><br>A heartfelt portrait of a city, and a man, grieving.--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><br>In exquisitely chiseled vignettes, Hardin captures the deplorable conditions in Flint and the injustices that have plagued it for generations.--<i>National Book Review</i><br><br>Warner's vision ultimately locates colleges and universities within a renewed social democratic state that makes a secure life available to everyone.--Ryan Boyd, <i>Los Angeles Review of Books</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>David Hardin</b> is a Michigan poet, writer, and artist. His work has appeared in <em>3 Quarks Daily</em>, <em>Prague Review</em>, <em>Drunken Boat</em>, <em>Hermes Poetry Journal</em>, <em>Dunes Review</em>, <em>Epigraph Magazine</em>, <em>Loose Change</em>, <em>Burningwood Literary Journal</em>, <em>ARDOR</em>, <em>Carolina Quarterly</em>, <em>Madison Review</em>, the 2014 <em>Bear River Review</em>, and others.
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