{"product_id":"viper-rum-paperback","title":"Viper Rum - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Karr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her third collection of poetry, \u003cb\u003eViper Rum\u003c\/b\u003e, Mary Karr delves into autobiographical subject matter; various beloveds are birthed and buried in these touching lyrics, some of which, as the title suggests, deal with drink: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI cast back to those last years\u003cbr\u003eI drank, alone nights at the kitchen sink, \u003cbr\u003ebathrobed, my head hatching snakes, \u003cbr\u003e while my baby slept in his upstairs cage\u003cbr\u003eand my marriage choked to death \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrecise and surprising, Karr's poems \"take on the bedevilments of fate and grief with a diabolical edge of their own\" \u003cb\u003e(Poetry)\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso included is Karr's controversial and prize-winning essay \"Against Decoration,\" in which she took aim against the verbal ornaments that too often pass for poetry these days-the \"new formalism\" that elevates form to an end itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Karr's poems and essays have won Pushcart prizes and have appeared in magazines such as the \u003cb\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eParnassus\u003c\/b\u003e. She was a Bunting Fellow at Radcliffe College, and is now the Jesse Truesdale Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.44 x 5.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353937789177,"sku":"9780142000182","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/gYXoZvz8w_9780142000182.webp?v=1769828826","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/viper-rum-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}