{"product_id":"yes-cancer-french-kisses-d-c-berry-9781680031157","title":"Yes, Cancer French Kisses: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn \"X-ray\" of Berry's two flings with Multiple Myeloma condensed into haikus. Except where he fudges-out of the haiku syllable-count strait jacket, then calls them cell phone texts, or telegrams, or poemettes if in a poodle mood. Or finger sandwiches in which the baloney is bigger than the bread. Sometimes he raps. Beowulf: Oft Scyld Scefing sceabena preatum. Jump to William Langland (Piers Plowman): \u003ci\u003eA fair field full of folk\u003c\/i\u003e. On to Shakespeare: \u003ci\u003eBeated and chopp'd with tann'd antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e. And James Jibber Joyce: \u003ci\u003eSeaspawn and seawrack, the nearing tide, the rusty boot. Snotgreen, bluesilver rust.\u003c\/i\u003e Eminem gets the last word-spasm: \u003ci\u003eAnd just blurt this berserk and bizarre shit that works \u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Berry didn't battle cancer, but embraced her: Miss Myeloma or Mylo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. C. Berry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680031155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680031157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trp: The University Press of Shsu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.20d","brand":"D. C. Berry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519116685567,"sku":"9781680031157","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03a37acf-66e2-4fb0-96dd-fbb28ea44d75.jpg?v=1778736868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yes-cancer-french-kisses-d-c-berry-9781680031157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}