{"product_id":"landscape-with-bloodfeud-paperback","title":"Landscape with Bloodfeud - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendy Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScarred by nuclear smokestacks, oil wells, and surging floodwaters, and haunted by the legacies of slavery, racism, and French rule, the Louisiana of \u003ci\u003eLandscape with Bloodfeud\u003c\/i\u003e is disenchanted but still exerts an undeniable pull. Reckoning with displacement, ancestral guilt, and centuries of human and environmental exploitation, Wendy Barnes dissects the state's turbulent past--as a microcosm of colonial oppression, westward expansion, and the birth of global capitalism. With an expat's detachment, our Louisiana-born speaker contemplates her fraught relationship with her home culture and her white working-class roots, raising questions about complicity and shame, as history \"bleeds us all for its tax, some for more, \/ digging down into every wet wound, \/ digging down among the taproots, under old folks' \/ marble tombs or unmarked graves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWENDY BARNES is\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ecurrently artist in residence at the University of Central Oklahoma. A finalist for the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award, her creative and critical work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003estorySouth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePainted Bride Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eColdfront\u003c\/i\u003e, among other outlets. She lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766566519072,"sku":"9781625346414","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fdf0ff0e72d06cb07dd90fec88917e7e.webp?v=1780294774","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/landscape-with-bloodfeud-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}