{"product_id":"in-their-final-performance-brian-cordell-9781646620302","title":"In Their Final Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIN THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE is a collection of poems that mourns the loss of several notable musicians while celebrating their music and what it means to be a fan. Structured as a concert, the opening section sets a tone for the collection in much the way an opening act would set the tone for a headliner in a concert. The poems in the opening act reference the music of Townz Van Zandt, David Bowie, John Lennon and Bill Withers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the Opening Act, the Headliner section of the book is a sequence a poems written both as elegy and tribute to singer\/songwriter Jason Molina and his band, Magnolia Electric Co. The poems in this section represent a live performance of one of the band's albums, where each poem represents a track on the album. They are cover songs of sorts that examine the Molina's life, his struggles with alcoholism, and his early death. These poems, like songs themselves, weave together a variety of formal repetitive structures, from the villanelle, to the sestina to the pantoum as they explore music, addiction and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book closes with an encore of sorts that pays tribute to Kurt Cobain and Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip, giving the book a sense of closure, both as an end to a concert and an end to grief. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Cordell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646620305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646620302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finishing Line Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.10d","brand":"Brian Cordell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442474135807,"sku":"9781646620302","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff533ee6-5c69-477c-86d1-e6012d978b48.jpg?v=1777197654","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-their-final-performance-brian-cordell-9781646620302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}