{"product_id":"walk-up-music-paul-watsky-9781771690263","title":"Walk-Up Music","description":"A KIRKUS RECOMMENDED REVIEW Watsky does the work of 10 poets in this excellent, slim collection. An avid baseball fan, Watsky writes gorgeously of his passion for America's pastime. To borrow a term from the sport: he's a utility player. Watsky handles multiple positions with equal dexterity and skill. In fact, there's not much he can't do. Verse about Jungian archetypes? He's got it: \"Yes   shouts Shadow, straight to hell  \/ Be nice, admonishes Persona. \/ Partially disrobed, Anima at the mirror peekaboos her hair \/ first across one breast then the other.\" (Watsky is a trained clinical psychologist.) Verse about the Japanese poet Santoka? That's here too: \"Sake \/ his favorite koan got him \/ into trouble and then got \/ him out before the bent \/ nail of his personality \/ was pounded \/ flat.\" How about a poem, out by out, of San Francisco Giant Matt Cain's perfect game? \"June 13, 2012, a Wednesday night against \/ the Astros, we're down for one of Matt's trade- \/ mark gems, especially Houston being nearly \/ impotent on the road not that we're entitled \/ to point fingers.\" And it's all good. Though he can ably write in a variety of forms, Watsky's favorite weapon is a sort of prose poem divided cunningly into sharp, un-rhyming couplets. One particularly effective example is \"Squaw Valley Pan Shot\" white pine that nips \/ the heels of retreating \/ glaciers a mere ten \/ millennia ago this summer. God \/ knows, my timing \/ can be rotten but I haven't bought any \/ ski areas lately.\" In this form, the line breaks do the work; \"God\" is left out on a limb, separated from the knowing he will eventually do. Thus does an approachable meditation on a winter landscape become subtle, incisive theology. As if Watsky didn t already have enough on his plate. Refreshing poetry that has a little something for everybody. --Kirkus Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Watsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771690267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771690263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Il Piccolo Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2015","brand":"Paul Watsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937943945471,"sku":"9781771690263","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3e83b6da-3690-45cb-8448-58a938b98db0.jpg?v=1681432818","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walk-up-music-paul-watsky-9781771690263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}