{"product_id":"2940015808964","title":"BLACK GUM AGAINST THUNDER: New and Collected Poems 1961-2012","description":"“Arthur makes me nostalgic for places I’ve never been” —The Virginian-Pilot \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Each rereading of this narrative delights me more.”  -- Pleasant Living Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…masterfully depicts life on and around the Chesapeake.” -- Currents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…Passionate knowledge…keen observation.”  -- The News Journal, Delaware\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most evocative writing about the Chesapeake since Beautiful Swimmers\" -- David Poyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…as tough and genuine as a waterman’s palm…these rhythms are the sway of boats on tide waters…wind, straining ropes, and snapping sails.”  -- Ghent Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…a powerful introduction to those who do not know the Bay…a delightful reminder for those who do.” -- Eastern Shore News \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAttracting national and international attention, Arthur’s work is a virtuoso performance of a wide variety of poetic forms and techniques, informed by an acute sense of drama and place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first-ever collection includes the best of Robert P. Arthur’s hundreds of poems written over a forty-year career.  They include The Arrow, Wikipedia, The Poetess of Blue Streak Grill, Cattle Sleeping (or Sleeping Cattle), Appearances, Sunday Seizures, and poems in series: Vija’s War, and Crazy Horse’s Woman. Many are emotionally and intellectually charged monologues from the mouths of such diverse characters as disillusioned Jamestown settlers, Crazy Horse’s death\/love obsessed woman, a Latvian child caught up in World War II, Appalachian snake handlers, Chesapeake Bay watermen, Vincent van Gogh, traumatized children, and Arthur himself. Together, they immortalize a doomed natural world with unparalleled beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccessible yet lyrical, these poems will move you whether you like other poetry or not. \"We are all murdered: all....\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthur’s poems focusing on place have been pod-cast from San Francisco and his poem\/plays produced on stage in Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, New York City, and St. Petersburg, Russia.","brand":"Northampton House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069761143024,"sku":"2940015808964","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015808964_p0.jpg?v=1763625092","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015808964","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}