{"product_id":"until-we-talk-paperback","title":"Until We Talk - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarrell Bourque\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBill Gingles\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection is a set of jazz-inflected ghazals tied to epigraphs from Colum McCann's award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eApeirogon\u003c\/i\u003e and illuminated with Bill Gingles' abstract expressionist paintings.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUntil We Talk\u003c\/i\u003e is of race, ethnicity, human rights, social justice, hate crime, terror, supremacy, colonialism\/post-colonialism\/neo-colonialism, the Other. Predominately rooted in the tragic losses in contemporary Israeli and Palestinian families, the poems braid those losses into parallel losses in geo-political race, ethnic, class, and caste conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarrell Bourque\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he also directed the interdisciplinary humanities studies program. He served as a Louisiana Poet Laureate and was recipient of the Louisiana Book Festival's Writer Award and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Humanist of the Year Award. His publications include \u003ci\u003eBurnt Water Suite\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Boat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Ordinary Light-New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMegan's Guitar and Other Poems from Acadie\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMigraré\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Gingles\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist and former art educator. His paintings are represented by galleries in the U.S., British Columbia, and London. He works and lives in Louisiana with his wife Diana and their three Jack Russell terriers: Bridget, Farley, and Penny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725786648639,"sku":"9798985882414","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/91240138f0f91121658c0705e0f07d3d.webp?v=1765107951","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/until-we-talk-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}