{"product_id":"leave-smoke-jeff-walt-9781940724249","title":"Leave Smoke","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2020 Housatonic Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeave Smoke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a personal and down-to-earth collection of poetry that speaks to the ordinary and the ups and downs of life and relationships. Told with vivid language and raw emotion, the reader is easily whirled into the realm of the poetic voice. The poems capture the malaise of a society rarely redeemed by love in a world of hard work, chronic exhaustion, few pleasures: reminders of how we create an easy camaraderie to substitute for deeper connections. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeff Walt's bluesy, compassionate poems are rooted in the real world of chance and transitory struggle and suffering, but they evoke an otherworldliness that perfectly complements their dabbling in pop-culture-infused daydreams and nightmares. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeave Smoke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of those rare books of poems that you'll wish, like life, would never end.\"- Jeremy Halinen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Walt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940724244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940724249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gival Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.27d","brand":"Jeff Walt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941527748863,"sku":"9781940724249","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5e9e607f-b948-43ef-9d3a-06e4cfc42daf.jpg?v=1681453440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leave-smoke-jeff-walt-9781940724249","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}