{"product_id":"the-blues-of-heaven-barbara-ras-9780822966548","title":"The Blues of Heaven: Poems","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Blues of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, Barbara Ras delivers her characteristic subjects with new daring that both rattles and beguiles. Here are poems of grief over her brother's death; doors to an idiosyncratic working-class childhood among Polish immigrants; laments for nature and politics out of kilter. Ras portrays the climate crisis, guns out of control, the reckless injustice and ignorance of the United States government. At the same time, her poems nimbly focus on particulars--these facts, these consequences--bringing the wreckage of unfathomable harm home with immediacy and integrity. Though her subjects may be dire, Ras also weaves her wise humor throughout, moving deftly from sardonic to whimsical to create an expansive, ardent, and memorable book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Ras\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822966549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822966548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021 pg. 12","brand":"Barbara Ras","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048033775871,"sku":"9780822966548","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e46c4fc2-5d83-4e38-93e2-f9237d52209c.jpg?v=1684993510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blues-of-heaven-barbara-ras-9780822966548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}