{"product_id":"bypass-9781639803927","title":"Bypass","description":"Dave Malone's poems insist we pay attention to the real workings of an unraveling world. Here he makes magic from a no-look pass, the quick drag from a Winston cigarette, and the \"bullet holes in the shed.\" In \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBypass, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Malone writes the heartland as he knows it-the complications and simplicities, the victory and the elegy-then dares us to try and forget what he's shown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Elijah Burrell, author of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkies of Blur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTroubler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems in Dave Malone's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBypass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebrim with stories of loneliness and desolation, taking a last stand in an empty farmhouse or in the beautiful sadness of a full night sky over an empty cornfield. With an eye for the natural world and a dark sensibility, Malone's poems are lovely and uncomfortable imaginings, a Southern Gothic assemblage that dares to ask, \"What if?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Holly Day, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Book of Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tooth Is the Longest Bone in the Human Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDave Malone's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBypass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is good for the soul as he signals us off the freeway of our busy lives to drive down the arteries of neighborhood memories, such as \"the postal clerk \/ delivering the best and worst of news \/ to war widows and would-be lovers,\" soccer, and teachers past. We have to slow and roll down the windows so we won't miss a scent or the music coming over the rooftops telling us that good things are bound to happen soon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Mick Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heartland Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50401342030098,"sku":"9781639803927","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_992d9357-acd1-44e7-a7d0-426dccdad527.jpg?v=1729131124","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bypass-9781639803927","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}