{"product_id":"lawrence-booths-book-of-visions","title":"Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLawrence Booth's Book of Visions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMaurice Manning\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300089981\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYale University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e96\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThis year's winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition is Maurice Manning's \u003ci\u003eLawrence Booth's Book of Visions. \u003c\/i\u003eThese compelling poems take us on a wild ride through the life of a man child in the rural South. Presenting a cast of allegorical and symbolic, yet very real, characters, the poems have \"authority, daring, [and] a language of color and sure movement,\" says series judge W.S. Merwin. \u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eSeven Chimeras\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The way Booth makes a love story: \u003cbr\u003e same as a regular story, except \u003cbr\u003e under one rock is a trapdoor that leads \u003cbr\u003e to a room full of belly buttons; \u003cbr\u003e each must be pushed, one is a landmine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The way Booth makes hope: \u003cbr\u003e thirty-seven acres, Black Damon, \u003cbr\u003e Red Dog. Construct a pillar of fire \u003cbr\u003e in the Great Field and let it become \u003cbr\u003e unquenchable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The way Booth ends the Jack-in-the-Box charade: \u003cbr\u003e shoot the weasel in the neck \u003cbr\u003e and toss it to the buzzards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The way Booth thinks of salvation: \u003cbr\u003e God holding a broken abacus, \u003cbr\u003e colored beads falling away.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions | Maurice Manning | Paperback | 9780300089981 | Used: Like New | Poetry 1721058","offer_id":50866022482178,"sku":"1721058","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81FcUUn8GzL.jpg?v=1792897723","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/lawrence-booths-book-of-visions","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}