{"product_id":"with-the-patience-of-monuments-jack-henry-9780981998428","title":"with the Patience of Monuments","description":" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Henry\u003c\/b\u003e lives in the high desert of SE California. Published in numerous journals, he also has six chapbooks to his name. \u003ci\u003ewith the Patience of Monuments\u003c\/i\u003e is his first full length collection of poetry. Jack Henry is the pen name of Thomas Kenney. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Jack Henry's writing is the real deal. No bullshit, no posing. This is essential American literature.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Tony O'Neill, \u003ci\u003eDown and Out on Murder Mile\u003c\/i\u003e (Harper Perennial) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I have always admired Jack's writing, his fearless self-revelations combined with a world-view that is equal parts jaded and hopeful...the way he turns himself inside out, and then goes down a little deeper, moves in a bit closer, and, just as you think he's in for the kill, suddenly...a gentle word, a line so full of such graceful beauty you get, well, slammed in the face. Again.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Puma Perl, \u003ci\u003eBelinda and her Friends\u003c\/i\u003e (Erbacce Press) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Jack Henry's poetic voice speaks here again with mastery and precision...These poems will cut you, then rifle through your wallet. But they will also reveal vulnerability and humanity while so doing. This is a book you need.\" \u003cbr\u003e- David McLean, \u003ci\u003e Hellbound\u003c\/i\u003e (Epic Rites Press) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Jack Henry's large heart, a veteran of wars, accidents, fears, madness, disillusion, is, in these 80 different dance halls of image and sound, breaking invisible bread with jesus as the latter downs his meds with shots of tequila, while on the corner of 6th and Los Angeles Streets the meteor of hope has crashed into Obama's tag team and the churches of the sky are rolling across clouds of Charlie Parker's smoke.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Scott Wannberg, \u003ci\u003eStrange Movie Full of Death\u003c\/i\u003e (Perceval Press) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Henry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0981998429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780981998428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Neopoiesis Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d","brand":"Jack Henry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473989517567,"sku":"9780981998428","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7656fe2e-87dd-4a43-a117-a3d0b5c1a5aa.jpg?v=1762314264","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/with-the-patience-of-monuments-jack-henry-9780981998428","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}