{"product_id":"heavens-burning-porch-james-dunlap-9781680032758","title":"Heaven's Burning Porch: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series: Arkansas\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHeaven's Burning Porch\u003c\/i\u003e, James Dunlap reckons with the legacy left to him: one of pain, gratitude, violence, and salvation. In turns dark, humorous, lyric and narrative, \u003ci\u003eHeaven's Burning Porch \u003c\/i\u003eexplores what it means to grow up in rural Arkansas under the weight of his rough inheritance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e \"A Good Year for Pecans\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Central Arkansas, April\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The plum trees are wearing their crowns of thorn again \u003cbr\u003e and the clouds that hang like shreds of dried tobacco \u003cbr\u003e are sliding away like clots of oil in an empty lake-- \u003cbr\u003e the persimmon tree, dying in a nest of its own fruit, \u003cbr\u003e now ripped in half, now yanked out of socket, \u003cbr\u003e its roots like thorns pulled from a muddy paw, no sound \u003cbr\u003e but the green whisper of pine needles raining down \u003cbr\u003e from the single tree left standing, and I haven't seen \u003cbr\u003e enough of this night to know what it means\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Dunlap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680032755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680032758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 6.77w x 0.32d","brand":"James Dunlap","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055774855423,"sku":"9781680032758","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4c9879f-4362-4ba6-bbe6-87f6537bb5af.jpg?v=1685037720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heavens-burning-porch-james-dunlap-9781680032758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}