{"product_id":"9781469165752","title":"SPIRIT GARDEN: POEMS: POEMS","description":"On SPIRIT GARDEN:\u003cbr\u003e “In Spirit Garden, poet-scholar-playwright Joe Martin sings ecstatically of the One, the hidden integrity of opposites \u0026amp; the living mystery of existence. He not only fuses Sufi, Buddhist \u0026amp; Jewish paths in a troubadour’s transcendence both timeless \u0026amp; time-bound, his thirty poems share the page with Enrique Castanon’s haunting figures which shift foreground and background to meta-illustrate the gestalt of Martin’s vision.” \u003cbr\u003e —Kirpal Gordon, author, Giant Steps Press blog\u003cbr\u003e On FOREIGNERS:\u003cbr\u003e \"[An] absurdist mind grenade... Joe Martin's first novel paints this neo-European shadow landscape with panache … a gifted American writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Richard Peabody, Editor, Gargoyle\u003cbr\u003e On RUMI’S MATHNAVI: A Stage Adaptation\u003cbr\u003e “Absolutely remarkable and memorable … lifting the veils one after another.” —Lida Saeedian, co-translator of The Pocket Rumi\u003cbr\u003e On PARABOLA: SHORTER FICTIONS\u003cbr\u003e “...through the tightly structured geometry of this metaphorically rich [work is a] recognition of the search we undertake to fi x a place for ourselves … and try to make sense of a confusing, alienating and often combative world.” —Cheryl Pallant, High Performance","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164081963248,"sku":"9781469165752","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469165752_p0.jpg?v=1763698712","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469165752","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}