{"product_id":"9781467036399","title":"The Sportsman's Guide to Field Dressing Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Sportsman's Guide to Field Dressing Man:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew is only 5 foot 7 inches. His poetry makes him seem at least 5 foot 7 1\/2 inches. That's a big deal. —\u003cb\u003eBuddy Wakefield\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eauthor of Gentleman Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I hear Matthew's words or read them, I say to myself: how does his brain work? His mind must be like a house of many interesting rooms—each arranged to hang us, dress us, and rock us in the most arresting, comical, and tragic way. —\u003cb\u003eJan Grimm\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eauthor of My Beautiful Leukemia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarning: the belches and screams churned up on these pages from Matthew Jackson's viscera will awaken the post-apocalyptic hipster-redneck inside you. —\u003cb\u003eAndrew Schep\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003epastor extraordinaire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew D. Jackson knows all too well that lightning is pretty when a gray sky smiles. He's trying to show you singed trees and quivering creatures. He's desperate to put the human back in humanity. This unapologetic bouquet of words hopes to attract the bravest eyes; readers that are willing to smack the beehive and watch, hear the angry buzz, and feel the stings. —\u003cb\u003eJohn Survivor Blake\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003epoet, lecturer, writer, \u0026amp; youth advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDressing in the fields is tough work. You must address it before everything goes bad. Matthew deftly field dresses with a blade of words. —\u003cb\u003eDan Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eListener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhenever Matthew Jackson lets me crawl around in his head through his poetry it is like any trip into an unknown place: a little scary and sometimes confusing with flashes of familiarity and moments of discovery, but most of all never ever boring. —\u003cb\u003eTerry Whittaker\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eViewpoint Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Jackson writes poems that are personal and universal; comforting and shocking; hard as bricks and soft as feathers. In these poems, Jackson explores the harsh realities of the world, while exposing the hard-earned truths in the exposed cracks of our lives. He's speaking for all of us. Stop, listen and learn. —\u003cb\u003eJoseph Kerschbaum\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eauthor of Your Casual Survival, \u0026amp; Reservoir Dogwood member\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the beauty parlors, Dollar Stores, closed churches, inking of all those bodies, and a young hood-rat mother as she wrestles a cigarette and wrangles her baby boy. Matthew Jackson captures the brutal, broken, going-broke heart of America in Indiana as no other contemporary poet. He stays close to home and close to the bone. Forget Midwestern sentimentality and academic distance—get real and get wicked with The Sportsman’s Guide to Field Dressing Man. —\u003cb\u003eKaterina Tsiopos\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePh.D, author of And Know this Place, \u0026amp; Our Slow Migration North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew outdoes himself and undoes the rest of us in this elegant and caustic amalgamation. Some might call The Sportsman’s Guide to Field Dressing Man a well-flipped bird. —\u003cb\u003eAmy E. C. Linnemann\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003emidwife to this collection of poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Jackson is one of those rare plain speakers who paints colorful pictures with well chosen words. His powers of observation are keen, and the human stories he tells are both quirky and compelling. This writer and spoken word artist is one of a kind! —\u003cb\u003eSusan Sandberg\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePresident, Bloomington City Council\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell-dressed minds everywhere agree—Matthew Jackson's Man is on its way to becoming a global fashion icon. —\u003cb\u003eJudy Spector\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePh.D., author of The Fairy Godmentor's Advice for Women Like Us: Life Lessons from Educated Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sportsman Guide to Field Dressing Man is an instant remedy for your jocular itch. —\u003cb\u003eBrandon Andress\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003ci\u003e general polymath \u0026amp; author of Unearthed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Jackson is the Keith Richards of poetry (just without the drug induced haze that produced The Harlem Shuffle). His words are well worth the read. He takes you on a twisted ride through middle aged Central and Southern Indiana roots. But don't let his passive Buddhist exterior fool you. He will slap you silly with his metaphors and imagery (see the biker poem collected herein). His name and his poetry are destined to be mentioned in the same breaths that reference James Whitcomb Riley, Buddy Wakefield, Allen Ginsburg, Rod McKuen, Charles Bukowski and dare I say it, Jewel. You will enjoy this collection (especially his poem, Flutter). Insert Happy Face Emoticon here!!! —\u003cb\u003eJason L. Ammerman\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003epoet, \u0026amp; Reservoir Dogwood member\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144081522928,"sku":"9781467036399","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781467036399_p0.jpg?v=1763689666","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781467036399","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}