{"product_id":"empty-pockets-new-and-selected-stories-9781566893770","title":"Empty Pockets: New and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for Dale Herd: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A world takes place here with extraordinary economy: articulate, fragile, heartfelt.\"\u003cb\u003e--Robert Creeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dale Herd's writing has affected the way I look at the world, as well as opening me up to one more possibility of how to transform the world into words, and his books certainly deserve a place on the highest shelf.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom high school love notes to a drug runner's day; from a boy's first fistfight to the unexpected aftermath of a woman's first experience of marijuana, Dale Herd's stories travel the backroads, sending postcards of life as it is lived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDale Herd is the author of three short story collections: \u003ci\u003eEarly Morning Wind\u003c\/i\u003e(The Four Seasons Foundation, 1972), \u003ci\u003eDiamonds\u003c\/i\u003e (Mudra, 1976), and \u003ci\u003eWild Cherries\u003c\/i\u003e (Tombouctou, 1980). He currently lives in California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420229964050,"sku":"9781566893770","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e69d6b8-a983-464d-9f28-576bd0ebb322.jpg?v=1729491901","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/empty-pockets-new-and-selected-stories-9781566893770","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}