{"product_id":"night-falls-steve-de-france-9781425785901","title":"Night Falls","description":"\"He is one of a handful of great names in the contemporary alternative press.\" \u003cb\u003eJoyce Metzger\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEditor \u0026amp; Publisher\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"De France s poems, narrative and lyrical, starting from detailed actuality and moving toward a more abstract epiphany, are very impressive.\" \u003cb\u003eRandolph Healy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Hope International United Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Treading a different edge between prose and poetry, De France strips all the varnish and superfluous color from our entropic middle class. De France s poetry is compelling.\" \u003cb\u003eWalter Well\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eauthor of Tycoons and Locusts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A poet of the street, suburbs, classrooms, cheap motels, dirty kitchens. . . Steve De France has done it all and writes like a slumming angel on the mean streets of Los Angeles, but what I appreciate most is De France s quick wit and humor.\" \u003cb\u003eNate Graziano\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEditor \u0026amp; Writer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A large percentage of the poetry in the journal emanates in the U.S.A. and the best of it comes from the quill of California s Steve De France, always an elegant writer, and often reminiscent of that great scribbler of the American yarn O. Henry. It s a sad fact that a great many poets do not read poetry. They can begin by reading a lot of what s being written today. Steve De France in issue 22 of Current Accounts might be one place to begin.\" \u003cb\u003ePat Winslow\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eCurrent Accounts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"People mention Bukowski and Carver when they talk about Steve De France s poetry, they shouldn t, because he has a voice all his own.\" \u003ci\u003eMonterey Sunday Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"His poems really do kick serious ass!\" \u003cb\u003eMelody Sherosky\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlindman s Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Steve writes complex, tough, angry modern American poems which somehow capture the mystery of ordinary everyday occurrences.\" \u003cb\u003ePat Cohee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eCurator Laguna Poets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve De France\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1425785905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781425785901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Steve De France","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458196877567,"sku":"9781425785901","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95c8837f-1fe9-4dc9-a250-edafb95aad64.jpg?v=1777402921","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/night-falls-steve-de-france-9781425785901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}