{"product_id":"spirit-spout-paperback","title":"Spirit Spout - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDevon Balwit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevon Balwit's \u003cem\u003eSpirit Spout\u003c\/em\u003e - a poetic vision directly engaging with Melville's \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick; or, The Whale\u003c\/em\u003e - is an eschatological tour de force. The poet practices an intertextual jouissance showcasing singular gifts for sound and image. We encounter \"the thrown gauntlet \/\/ the poking prod of the devil's own advocate\"; there is salt, wind, brine and ocean; Melville as god, as demon; Melville in the throes of creation and also grieving. Ishmael, Ahab, and Queequeg beckon. Both travelogue and existential reckoning with life, there is a painterly attention to the physical, to the body; there is a grappling with sociology and philosophy: \"Our thinking \/\/ always butting up against the ribs \/ of the paradigms we travel in.\" Balwit's powers are on full display - this book's spirit is deep and wide. - \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Kell\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eIshmael Mask\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 7.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720596852799,"sku":"9781949279450","price":36.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c590254ff07679f37f6985af23190eab.webp?v=1765089686","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/spirit-spout-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}