{"product_id":"local-lexicon-edward-butscher-9780999898208","title":"Local Lexicon","description":"\"A poet whose inner life is a torrent of imagery sweeping the reader into a maelstrom on the page-frightening to experience but one continues to read, adjusting, recognizing yet another form of speech to be understood...and finally to enjoy with admiration for the skill with which such ferocity finds itself on a page with consistent style and force.\"\u003cb\u003e-David Ignatow\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Poetry is a sullen art, and Edward Butscher knows the etymology of the word and the true root of all art...His poems are a source of strength...Butscher is out for blood. His is a no-nonsense poetry, filled with our primordial origins.\"\u003cb\u003e-Simon Perchik\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/b\u003e Poet, critic, and literary biographer, Edward Butscher resides with his wife, Paula Trachtman, in Greenport, Long Island. His poetry and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies since 1976. Collections of his poetry include \u003ci\u003ePoems About Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmagansett Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChild in the House\u003c\/i\u003e. His biography \u003ci\u003eSylvia Path: Method and Madness\u003c\/i\u003e, was the first of that poet, and \u003ci\u003eConrad Aiken: Poet of White Horse Vale\u003c\/i\u003e won the Melville Kane Award from the Poetry Society of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Butscher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0999898205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999898208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boxofchalk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Edward Butscher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441685410047,"sku":"9780999898208","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e7cd97b-b124-4651-9c43-8e86b185edeb.jpg?v=1777192288","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/local-lexicon-edward-butscher-9780999898208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}