{"product_id":"9781909849273","title":"Riding Thermals to Winter Grounds","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRiding Thermals to Winter Grounds \u003c\/em\u003ethe poet, “a cleanup man” who has “settled in the Dachaus of the mind \u0026amp; learned to love the guards,” looks back, feels “invisibility coming on,” and prepares “to go home” ... “the fair means to Montauk grow out of my shoulder blades.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout Djelloul Marbrook’s \u003cem\u003eFar from Algiers\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2007 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Award and the 2010 International Book Award in poetry:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e. . . I find some perfection of style, including images, in his verse . . . as succinct as most stanzas by Dickinson. . . . an unusually mature, confidently composed first poetry collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Susanna Roxman (author of \u003cem\u003eCrossing the North Sea\u003c\/em\u003e), in \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDjelloul Marbrook was born in Algiers and grew up in New York. He served in the U.S. Navy and for many years was a newspaper reporter and editor (\u003cem\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElmira Star-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWinston-Salem Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWashington Star\u003c\/em\u003e, among others). His awards include the Wick Poetry Prize (2007), the \u003cem\u003eLiteral Latté \u003c\/em\u003efiction prize (2008), and the International Book Award in Poetry (2010). His poetry has been published in many journals, including \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBarrow Street\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTaos Poetry Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOrbis \u003c\/em\u003e(UK), \u003cem\u003eLe Zaporogue \u003c\/em\u003e(Denmark), \u003cem\u003eOberon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Same\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFledgling Rag\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoets Against the War \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePoemeleon\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York's mid-Hudson Valley with his wife Marilyn and maintains a lively presence on Facebook, Twitter and at djelloulmarbrook.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Goddard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043861512432,"sku":"9781909849273","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909849273_p0.jpg?v=1763624851","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909849273","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}