{"product_id":"black-sabbatical-poems-paperback","title":"Black Sabbatical: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrett Eugene Ralph\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reading these absolutely terrific poems, with their southern colloquial drawl and sober Buddhist insight, is a bit like having a sage old sleepy tiger purr in your ear while you lie at the edge of the swamp in back of Billy-Joes's pickup truck.\"--\u003ci\u003eDazed \u0026amp; Confused Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sustaining, inspiring, even rescuing.\"--Will Oldham, musician\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A true beast of a man with insight and beauty to spare.\"--Harmony Korine, filmmaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brett Eugene Ralph can look at a woman dancing alone, 'eyes closed, lips parted, held aloft \/ in one hand half a mango, \/ a gigantic butcher knife \/ clutched in the other, ' and know immediately that she's praying.\"--Andrew Hudgins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrett Eugene Ralph\u003c\/b\u003e lives in rural western Kentucky. His country-rock ensemble, Brett Eugene Ralph's Kentucky Chrome Revue, can be heard in seedy dives throughout the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph's work has appeared in Conduit, Mudfish, Willow Springs, The American Poetry Review, The McSweeney's Book of Poets Picking Poets, and Thus Spake the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader. Currently, he teaches at Hopkinsville Community in rural western Kentucky. His country-rock ensemble, Brett Eugene Ralph's Kentucky Chrome Revue, can be heard in seedy dives throughout the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 59\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700540706879,"sku":"9781932511734","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c09f1ebef887cb65a6e1b64973b88a85.webp?v=1765017144","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/black-sabbatical-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}