{"product_id":"9780984607686","title":"Southness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA set of lyrically composed poems by poet and translator Vincent Katz which evince the urban plethora as the poet traverses a Southness of the mind and ranges through freshly concise forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet John Godfrey comments:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vincent Katz’s eye lights on the visual like a cameraman, his intellect reflecting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eromantic masculinity with worldliness. Objects, moods and self-awareness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave their own space and gravity. In several lyrical poems he exercises coolness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhile implicitly maintaining that nothing in the medium is \u003cem\u003enot \u003c\/em\u003epersonal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenser poems present mental spaces word-to-word that thread striking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaffinities. The words resonate, in their abbreviation, with feeling and honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSouthness \u003c\/em\u003eis sophisticated hot-bloodedness underlying method and manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcellence modeled with humanity. The poet in and out of the shadows.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With cover from a detail of painting by distinguished painter and poet, Etel Adnan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lunar Chandelier Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029572960496,"sku":"9780984607686","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780984607686_p0.jpg?v=1763888140","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984607686","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}