{"product_id":"poor-ghost-9781684429738","title":"Poor Ghost","description":"From rock magazine articles to government reports, David Starkey's novel, Poor Ghost, is an unrelenting rollercoaster that follows one of America's most storied rock band.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Starkey served as Santa Barbara's 2009-2011 Poet Laureate. He is Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at Santa Barbara City College, Co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Publisher and Co-editor of Gunpowder Press. Over the past thirty-five years, he has published eleven full-length collections of poetry with small presses--most recently \u003ci\u003eDance, You Monster\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e to My Soft Song\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat Just Happened: 210 Haiku Against the Trump Presidency\u003c\/i\u003e--and more than 500 poems in literary journals such as \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His textbook, \u003ci\u003eCreative Writing: Four Genres in Brief \u003c\/i\u003e(Bedford\/St. Martin's), is in its fourth edition. He is also the author of two composition textbooks: \u003ci\u003eHello, Writer: An Academic Writing Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (Bedford\/St. Martin's) and \u003ci\u003eAcademic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students \u003c\/i\u003e(Broadview). Starkey is also a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction (published in A\u003ci\u003emerican Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, in \u003ci\u003eCimarron Review\u003c\/i\u003e, in \u003ci\u003eLiving Blue in the Red States\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere), and a playwright whose plays have been produced across the United States (davidstarkey.net).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Keylight Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717442277650,"sku":"9781684429738","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af084f43-f3e4-4638-a2b1-4fbf927da2e1.jpg?v=1734617668","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poor-ghost-9781684429738","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}