{"product_id":"9781933693163","title":"The Resurrection of Bert Ringold","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarvey Goldner is a poet neglectorino in the classic sense, his poems rising up out of the fecund Seattle underground wisely irritated with the stupid Republicanized world but lucky enough to remember the 1950 Memphis dreams that Little Richard, Gandhi, and Elvis promised us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLunch \u0026amp; Love at the Bardo\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSitting at the outdoor Bar \u0026amp; Grill of the Bardo\u003cbr\u003eHotel halfway down Baja California, eating\u003cbr\u003echicken enchiladas, we gaze. Our eyes graze out\u003cbr\u003e• ver the round ocean, our ancestral homestead.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vast blue turning Sky \u0026amp; Sea is on fire\u003cbr\u003eand very small, and there’s plenty of room\u003cbr\u003ein her little brown eyes for more than\u003cbr\u003e• ne sun, one sky, one Pacific Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach enchilada contains a stadium of hushed fans.\u003cbr\u003eEach enchilada contains a sellout crowd\u003cbr\u003e• f roaring faces. We each eat two and\u003cbr\u003ethen go for a long walk along the beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe walk the edge until the earth\u003cbr\u003eturns us away from the churning\u003cbr\u003eblue and—cuckoo clock sudden—\u003cbr\u003etowards a deep black heaven pumping stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand in hand we barefoot back to the Bardo \u0026amp; Bed\u003cbr\u003efor some happy happy boom boom.\u003cbr\u003eAnd afterwards she says: “O Harvey,\u003cbr\u003ewe have everything, except money.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHarvey Goldner\u003c\/b\u003e is that old guy who drives cab on Sundays in Seattle to keep body and soul together. To do this, he says, he must transform himself into a R.A.T. The rest of the week he is himself—underground poet and curmudgeon who is mapping out the narrow perilous road to immortality on the Internet. No luck so far.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cinco Puntos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050259726576,"sku":"9781933693163","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933693163_p0.jpg?v=1763640448","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933693163","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}