{"product_id":"0782124855628","title":"Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39-41","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"DIPTYCH,\" Swartz's 13th volume with iUniverse, pairs 4 hilarious prose poems with a darker \"formal\" half and the latter's accompanying shorter lyrics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Voyage to Ernie,\" the 1st prose poem, and 1st half's title work, is the fictive memoir of a young Rutgers dropout by way of employment in the \"Cosmo Emporium.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ranger's Melt,\" the 2nd, traces the adventures of Marion C. Folltette toward eventual impregnation and Virgin Motherhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Threnody,\" the 3rd, follows Desmond and Mary Phillips on a whirlwind tour of Europe and a sumptuous snack of \"Martel Glazed Doughnuts\" safely, albeit sadly, Stateside. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Farley's Last Stand,\" the 4th, charts the misadventures of an old pothead at the onset of the year 2000, humor en extremis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2nd, and darker portion, of this volume devotes most of its space to lamentations for the poet's estranged daughter, for his deceased parents, and for a enigmatic hell-raiser of a perplexing but beloved cat, a very human quadruped. There are also \"Minor Poems,\" a selection of verse from the poet's earliest writings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"DIPTYCH\" is a two-part immersion in a poet's deep but highly irregular gift, a gut-wrenching wit, a redemptive sadness.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"F. Bradshaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47090541134064,"sku":"0782124855628","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0782124855628_p0.jpg?v=1763523528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0782124855628","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}