{"product_id":"the-kool-aid-dispenser-david-musgrave-9781763670150","title":"The Kool-Aid Dispenser","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe kool-aid of \u003cem\u003eThe Kool-Aid Dispenser\u003c\/em\u003e stands for any number of things: grief, enduring institutionalized foolery, either the nonsense of handed-down beliefs, or their denial. And, backwards, it is about the power of language to discover and surprise us. \u003cem\u003eThe Kool-Aid Dispenser \u003c\/em\u003econtains poems of loss, balanced by as many that celebrate renewal and hope. The elegies which make up the first section move from the personal to the universal, concluding with a touching tribute to Musgrave's friend, the late poet Jordie Albiston. The book's last section, 'Koels to Newcastle', deals with the local and the domestic, yet as with the whole of the book, these are always placed squarely in relation to larger contexts through tensile and energetic lines which impel language towards being alive to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Musgrave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1763670155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781763670150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Recent Work Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.18d","brand":"David Musgrave","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519327416575,"sku":"9781763670150","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f64d26ef-e7e4-498a-b4fb-4a91822828af.jpg?v=1778737268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-kool-aid-dispenser-david-musgrave-9781763670150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}