{"product_id":"fast-women-beautiful-daniel-barth-9780595496525","title":"Fast Women Beautiful: Zen Beat Baseball Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eFast Women Beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e Fast women beautiful horses\u003cbr\u003e banjos bluegrass bourbon\u003cbr\u003e it's a region it's a religion it's a\u003cbr\u003e way of life and on the first\u003cbr\u003e Saturday in May it all comes\u003cbr\u003e together for two heart-pounding\u003cbr\u003e minutes at Churchill Downs race-\u003cbr\u003e track in Louisville someday you\u003cbr\u003e gotta go there sometime you\u003cbr\u003e gotta see it by god it's wonderful\u003cbr\u003e it's amazing there's nothing else\u003cbr\u003e like it it's the Kentucky Derby \u003cp\u003e\"One of the first things that drew me to Daniel Barth's poetry was the immediacy of his work, that is, how his imagery and subject matter pulled my focus into everyday life, made me pay attention to the elusive present. Whether he is telling us about driving a delivery truck in Louisville, Kentucky, for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, or describing a Zen master sitting in the sun doing a crossword puzzle, Dan knows what it takes to remind us to seize the day.\"-From the Introduction by \u003cb\u003eHal Zina Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Barth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595496520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595496525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Barth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435572867327,"sku":"9780595496525","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f67ef5e-5be1-4083-a635-486dc295fedd.jpg?v=1777151276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fast-women-beautiful-daniel-barth-9780595496525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}