| Black Sabbatical: Poems Contributor(s): Ralph, Brett Eugene (Author) |
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ISBN: 1932511733 ISBN-13: 9781932511734 Publisher: Sarabande Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2009 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. |