{"product_id":"farm-alarm-mac-gay-9781680031881","title":"Farm Alarm: Poems Volume 7","description":"In a world as terrifying as Plath's and as mistake-ridden as Curly Howard's, a world trapped in its Gothic, Southern O'Connor-esque box, Gay picks through the wreckage of the years with gritty idiomatic narrative, and sardonic lyric. The key word in this one-step-forward-and-two-steps-back little pamphlet of darkness is \"alarm\". Yet eventually, \u003ci\u003ethat which doesn't kill you makes you stronger\u003c\/i\u003e is a platitude that rings true. The poems slog through farm tragedies, grueling football practice, problems with marriage and alcohol, stupid jobs, rejection of poems, and shaky self-esteem with plucky tenaciousness. Fatherlessness and fruitlessness may be the detours but thankfully not the destination. Gay's quirky sardonic voice perfectly matches the foibles described herein. Far from the typical failure-to-success story, the collection does arc toward a hard-won edification of a kind, a sort of smile, if you will, even though weather-beaten and wry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mac Gay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680031880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680031881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trp: The University Press of Shsu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.20d","brand":"Mac Gay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519117046015,"sku":"9781680031881","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4adcd17-480e-4b17-b1f6-817b2e449e9a.jpg?v=1778736872","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/farm-alarm-mac-gay-9781680031881","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}