{"product_id":"snakedoctor-maurice-manning-9781556596988","title":"Snakedoctor","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom church barn to apple orchard, from snow-covered pasture to secret moonshine cabin, Manning's \u003ci\u003eSnakedoctor \u003c\/i\u003ereinvigorates the Kentucky pastoral through poems that find light in shadow, good in evil, love in a father's stinging blow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaurice Manning returns to the Kentucky countryside in his eighth collection, \u003ci\u003eSnakedoctor\u003c\/i\u003e. Existing between haunting memory and pastoral dreamscape, this quiet collection showcases Manning's storytelling at its finest. Simple, four-beat lines hold epiphanies--\"the barn is just an empty church\"-- and announce visits from seven-foot strangers named Mr. True. Here, God is reimagined as a \"serious banjo player\" who calls the world to sing. And sing Manning does. Through rhyme, blues, and haiku, \u003ci\u003eSnakedoctor\u003c\/i\u003e trains our ears to hear music in the mundane, to find beauty all around us: in the annotated margins of a well-read book, the flight of a father's shadow puppet, the yellow centers of daisies. Punctuated by rain's pitter-patter on a tin wash tub, and the \"ring of lonely\" in a farmer's voice as he calls his cattle home, \u003ci\u003eSnakedoctor\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection that will leave you wanting to dog-ear its pages. From childhood to fatherhood, church barn to apple orchard, moonshine to moonbeam, we leave these poems understanding Manning's wish: \"I wanted to make a prayer and I did, \/ in half-sleep after the dream.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Manning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556596987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556596988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.50d","brand":"Maurice Manning","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138785964287,"sku":"9781556596988","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8fdd2906-053d-4104-a415-fec101adb33b.jpg?v=1687901479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/snakedoctor-maurice-manning-9781556596988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}