{"product_id":"black-flowers-doug-ramspeck-9780807168264","title":"Black Flowers: Poems","description":"In 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doug Ramspeck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807168262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807168264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.19d","brand":"Doug Ramspeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980570525951,"sku":"9780807168264","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f68256a-12f5-4b00-affe-0582c5589512.jpg?v=1683250657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-flowers-doug-ramspeck-9780807168264","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}