{"product_id":"spirit-spout-devon-balwit-9781949279450","title":"Spirit Spout","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevon Balwit's \u003cem\u003eSpirit Spout\u003c\/em\u003e - a poetic vision directly engaging with Melville's \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick; or, The Whale\u003c\/em\u003e - is an eschatological tour de force. The poet practices an intertextual jouissance showcasing singular gifts for sound and image. We encounter \"the thrown gauntlet \/\/ the poking prod of the devil's own advocate\"; there is salt, wind, brine and ocean; Melville as god, as demon; Melville in the throes of creation and also grieving. Ishmael, Ahab, and Queequeg beckon. Both travelogue and existential reckoning with life, there is a painterly attention to the physical, to the body; there is a grappling with sociology and philosophy: \"Our thinking \/\/ always butting up against the ribs \/ of the paradigms we travel in.\" Balwit's powers are on full display - this book's spirit is deep and wide. - \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Kell\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eIshmael Mask\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Devon Balwit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949279456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949279450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nixes Mate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.38w x 0.18d","brand":"Devon Balwit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132562862335,"sku":"9781949279450","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e898fca0-0e0f-45b8-be6a-ce28cbb07fa6.jpg?v=1687480946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spirit-spout-devon-balwit-9781949279450","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}