{"product_id":"sundown-at-the-redneck-carnival-paperback","title":"Sundown at the Redneck Carnival - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Dorsey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Dorsey's book is a tribute to small town life. He carefully dissects the lives of his characters to find the crossroads where dreams were thwarted, and how the survivors of these lost dreams manage to carry on anyway, sometimes as though they don't even know how close they came to escaping the bear trap of smoky bars and bar fights and the endless cycle of pregnancy and childrearing. Each inhabitant of these poems is treated with delicate dignity, leaving you with the feeling that you've met each and every one of these characters at some point in your own life, or may have even been in one of two of these poems yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHolly Day, \u003c\/strong\u003eauthor of INTO THE CRACKS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e John Dorsey is one of my favorite living poets - clear minute particulars and broken-hearted honesty. Generous empathetic outlook for our hardened times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Olmsted\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eDON'T HESITATE: KNOWING ALLEN \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e GINSBERG\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's a bleakness to the landscape of John Dorsey's characters. The clouds are always low. Someone is always scraping together money for a cheeseburger or a pint of wine. Despite that, the landscape is livable because the cheeseburgers are tasty and the wine quenches a thirst. His characters know that \"painting flowers with a closed fist \/ lacks imagination.\" Reading this fine collection is like coming upon a magical \"tar paper shack \/ full of poems \/ \u0026amp; beehives \/ \u0026amp; music.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMike James\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eLeftover Distances\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778231042336,"sku":"9781952411939","price":18.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/587ef446c62bd09bede397df1ffc654b.webp?v=1780505699","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sundown-at-the-redneck-carnival-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}