{"product_id":"lawrence-booths-book-of-visions-maurice-manning-9780300089981","title":"Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions","description":"This year's winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition is Maurice Manning's \u003ci\u003eLawrence Booth's Book of Visions. \u003c\/i\u003eThese compelling poems take us on a wild ride through the life of a man child in the rural South. Presenting a cast of allegorical and symbolic, yet very real, characters, the poems have \"authority, daring, [and] a language of color and sure movement,\" says series judge W.S. Merwin. \u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eSeven Chimeras\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The way Booth makes a love story: \u003cbr\u003e same as a regular story, except \u003cbr\u003e under one rock is a trapdoor that leads \u003cbr\u003e to a room full of belly buttons; \u003cbr\u003e each must be pushed, one is a landmine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The way Booth makes hope: \u003cbr\u003e thirty-seven acres, Black Damon, \u003cbr\u003e Red Dog. Construct a pillar of fire \u003cbr\u003e in the Great Field and let it become \u003cbr\u003e unquenchable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The way Booth ends the Jack-in-the-Box charade: \u003cbr\u003e shoot the weasel in the neck \u003cbr\u003e and toss it to the buzzards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The way Booth thinks of salvation: \u003cbr\u003e God holding a broken abacus, \u003cbr\u003e colored beads falling away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Manning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300089988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300089981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 6.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/23\/2001 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2001 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2001 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2001 pg. 76","brand":"Maurice Manning","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48135965901055,"sku":"9780300089981","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91c21b22-19d9-4419-a089-c945c11a557a.jpg?v=1770159627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lawrence-booths-book-of-visions-maurice-manning-9780300089981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}