{"product_id":"static-strut-bill-shute-9798837865329","title":"Static Strut","description":"STATIC STRUT is a one hundred page open-field poem, extending the format\/technique used in Shute's previous poetry books NEUTRAL, TWO SELF-PORTRAITS (After Murillo), COMPLEMENTARY ANGLES, TOMORROW WON'T BRING THE RAIN, and RIVERSIDE FUGUE. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSTATIC STRUT is an expansive work, presented on a large canvas, influenced by the minimal approach of poet Frank Samperi and composer J?g Frey, along with the diptych paintings of Andy Warhol. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShute's work is rooted in the post-Projective Verse poetics of Blackburn, Berrigan, and Eigner, but completely his own. The poetry echoes his work with such avant-garde musician-composers as Rambutan, Derek Rogers, Mari Rubio (aka More Eaze) and Alfred 23 Harth, while being steeped in the culture and particulars of the present-day Gulf Coast and South-Central Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's epigraph comes from composer Morton Feldman, \"silence is my substitute for counterpoint.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA career-spanning Selected Poems, Junk Sculpture From The New Gilded Age, was published by Moloko Print in Germany in late 2021. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2023, Shute and Albany-based musician RAMBUTAN released a collaborative music-and-poetry album BRIDGE ON THE BAYOU, available on the Tape Drift label.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Shute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8837865325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798837865329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Bill Shute","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44890681770239,"sku":"9798837865329","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_440c8d9e-810d-4bf1-9273-2bfe22649a4c.jpg?v=1709739723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/static-strut-bill-shute-9798837865329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}