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Black Sabbatical: Poems
Contributor(s): Ralph, Brett Eugene (Author)
ISBN: 1932511733     ISBN-13: 9781932511734
Publisher: Sarabande Books
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: July 2009
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Annotation: "Sustaining, inspiring, even rescuing."-Will Oldham, musician

"A true beast of a man with insight and beauty to spare."-Harmony Korine, filmmaker

"Brett Eugene Ralph can look at a woman dancing alone, eyes closed, lips parted, held aloft / in one hand half a mango, / a gigantic butcher knife / clutched in the other, ' and know immediately that she's praying."-Andrew Hudgins

Brett Eugene Ralph lives in rural western Kentucky. His country-rock ensemble, Brett Eugene Ralph's Kentucky Chrome Revue, can be heard in seedy dives throughout the South.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - General
- Religion | Buddhism - Tibetan
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places
Dewey: 811.6
LCCN: 2008040834
Series: Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.25 lbs) 96 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

"Reading these absolutely terrific poems, with their southern colloquial drawl and sober Buddhist insight, is a bit like having a sage old sleepy tiger purr in your ear while you lie at the edge of the swamp in back of Billy-Joes's pickup truck."--Dazed & Confused Magazine

"Sustaining, inspiring, even rescuing."--Will Oldham, musician

"A true beast of a man with insight and beauty to spare."--Harmony Korine, filmmaker

"Brett Eugene Ralph can look at a woman dancing alone, 'eyes closed, lips parted, held aloft / in one hand half a mango, / a gigantic butcher knife / clutched in the other, ' and know immediately that she's praying."--Andrew Hudgins

Brett Eugene Ralph lives in rural western Kentucky. His country-rock ensemble, Brett Eugene Ralph's Kentucky Chrome Revue, can be heard in seedy dives throughout the South.