{"product_id":"black-flowers-poems-paperback","title":"Black Flowers: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoug Ramspeck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn dark, lyrical verse, \u003ci\u003eBlack Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e follows a speaker from childhood into adulthood, as he navigates the animistic world of crows, conjurings, and winter snows. Doug Ramspeck guides readers through the brutality and beauty found in the natural world: the moonlight, \"marrow-white, severed, falling bodily \/ to grass, the hours as permeable as clay\" and \"dust lifting across the road \/ as though to form a human shape.\" By juxtaposing euphony and clear, startling imagery, Ramspeck's novelistic new collection molds the landscape to reflect the speaker's memories and the challenges of growing up in a dysfunctional family. In the tradition of William Wordsworth, \u003ci\u003eBlack Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e brings the flourishes of the Romantics to the grit of the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoug Ramspeck is associate professor of English at The Ohio State University at Lima and the author of six collections of poetry and one collection of short stories. His prize-winning work has been published in a range of journals, including \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003estorySouth, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe American Literary Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693965086783,"sku":"9780807168264","price":25.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/138e7232ffde8bae6b4c67be6549a074.webp?v=1765000555","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/black-flowers-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}