{"product_id":"tax-free-phrases-michael-maiello-9780998487083","title":"Tax-Free Phrases: Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Maiello's new work is published at the height of the April tax season--an appropriate time for a collection of poetry that is tax-free, without any extra cost for the reader. His verse is cheaper than usual, expurgated of any added governmental tariffs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the savings is just part of the reward for serious readers. They will appreciate that Maiello, by using the voice of a meditative narrator who is intent on accounting for much of the sense of wonder and confusion that our state of affairs promotes, is dedicated to looking at the full ledger. Where do the numbers go awry? Where do they make sense? Where do they just don't add up?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the aggregate, his style is a sum of first-personal narration, omniscient introspection, imagist description, and a bevy of puns and allusions that start with the title itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaiello is of that group of watchdog poets who always sniff for beauty and ugliness, who write defiant verse, who are foes of tyranny, and who brood about political tension. As Percy Bysshe Shelley put it, \"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Maiello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0998487082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998487083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beckham Publications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.16d","brand":"Michael Maiello","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452619014399,"sku":"9780998487083","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d597b73-909e-4447-8b1c-f5069cdfa32a.jpg?v=1761929503","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tax-free-phrases-michael-maiello-9780998487083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}