{"product_id":"waifs-and-strays-micah-ballard-9780872865440","title":"Waifs and Strays","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the sixth publication in the City Lights Spotlight Poetry Series, Cajun poet Micah Ballard's \u003cem\u003eWaifs and Strays\u003c\/em\u003e recombines the allure, fixations and diction of the metaphysical poets with the alert and streetwise urban fracturing and amazements instantaneous in contemporary San Francisco. With the haunted elegance of Charles Baudelaire and the handmade warmth of \u003cem\u003eSemina\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWaifs and Strays\u003c\/em\u003e is a rejection of a slick and disposable culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, \u003cstrong\u003eMicah Ballard\u003c\/strong\u003e studied at New College of California, working with David Meltzer, Joanne Kyger and Tom Clark. He currently co-directs the MFA in writing program at University of San Francisco. He co-edits Auguste Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Micah Ballard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872865444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872865440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2011","brand":"Micah Ballard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926705930495,"sku":"9780872865440","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0e9d4309-ae3b-44b5-a5a6-ccbeba61cc34.jpg?v=1681084553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waifs-and-strays-micah-ballard-9780872865440","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}