{"product_id":"francis-shoots-pool-at-chubbs-al-ortolani-9781950380442","title":"Francis Shoots Pool at Chubb's Bar","description":"\u003cp\u003eAl Ortolani's newest collection of poetry, \u003cem\u003eOn the Chicopee Spur\u003c\/em\u003e, was released from New York Quarterly Books in 2018. \u003cem\u003eHow Wally Lost His Thumb and the Boy Scouts Became Cannibals, \u003c\/em\u003e a mix of old and new \"Wally poems\" also appeared from Spartan Press the same year. A previous collection, \u003cem\u003eGhost Sign\u003c\/em\u003e, co-authored with J.T. Knoll, Adam Jameson, and Melissa Fite Johnson was selected as a Kansas Notable Book for 2017. In 2019, Ortolani was a winner of the Rattle Chapbook Series Award. He is the Manuscript Editor for Woodley Press in Topeka, Kansas, and has directed a memoir writing project for Vietnam veterans across Kansas in association with the Library of Congress and Humanities Kansas. After 43 years of teaching English in public schools, he currently lives a life without bells and fire drills in the Kansas City area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Al Ortolani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950380440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950380442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spartan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Al Ortolani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076932989183,"sku":"9781950380442","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce765d76-bb64-46a7-a8ab-a140dd955453.jpg?v=1685467521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/francis-shoots-pool-at-chubbs-al-ortolani-9781950380442","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}