{"product_id":"what-the-man-seemed-to-david-floyd-9798899750588","title":"What the Man Seemed to Say","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Here] is a new millennium music: part blues, part punk, part rock: all soul!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Terrance Hayes, Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant\" Fellowship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Floyd writes both from and of 'a wild navigation' and beautifully delimits his territory-'[S]omething as small as a whole world \/ and as large as alone.' What better map of the human psyche! \u003cem\u003eWhat the Man Seemed to Say\u003c\/em\u003e carries us through image and sensation, through the present and the past, deftly sidestepping the too-easy traps of solipsism and abstraction. This book is solid and real and touching-an enlightening, fervent travelogue that, via Floyd's insight and stunning locutions, is as '[s]harp as a bone chip.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Renée Ashley, Author of \u003cem\u003eMinglements\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eRuined Traveler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"David Floyd is back and here's soulful deftness to warm your table. With candor and grace-and the tarragon of formal innovation-Floyd guides us along the cliff's edge of the seasoned heart. And just when the weariness of these meticulously crafted blues threaten nameless distance, the poet saves us with a phrase: arms full of stars ablaze, heart of an accord with sturdy oaks. Thank poem-goodness for David Floyd.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Abraham Smith, Author of \u003cem\u003eOne Warm Morning\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eSurgencies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Floyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798899750588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oac Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.10d","brand":"David Floyd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48658822529279,"sku":"9798899750588","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-the-man-seemed-to-david-floyd-9798899750588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}