{"product_id":"the-wreck-of-your-life-on-the-evening-news-9781962405195","title":"The Wreck of Your Life on the Evening News","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Wreck of Your Life on the Evening News \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(a poetic description)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wreck of Your Life on the Evening News is about what is \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat the heart of the heroics (and heartache) of being an American. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs in \"Your nephew saw it-the fatal-car-crash screen footage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the evening news. Complete with footage of the blood-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand-brain-spatter, the rest of the mayhem you had caused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe ushered a son away from the TV. Offered a magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercy was the Playboy opened to distract your kid with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebreasts summoning like some kind of roadside signage.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems about deliverance and other less dire potentialities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereal and true. Point being if we dare hope, at least that act of faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill be built on a demanding pursuit of truth and beauty because, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebesides, you know the rest. The part John Keats reminds us of, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere beauty is truth and truth, beauty. Always worth a look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Roy Bentley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBentley, Roy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Roy Bentley has published 11 books of poetry. He is the author of Walking with Eve in the Loved City, chosen by Billy Collins as finalist for the Miller Williams poetry prize; Starlight Taxi, winner of the Blue Lynx Poetry Prize; The Trouble with a Short Horse in Montana, chosen by John Gallaher as winner of the White Pine Poetry Prize. He's received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council (6 times), and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Poems have appeared in New Letters, Prairie Schooner, december, Rattle, The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, and Shenandoah.","brand":"Sheila-Na-Gig Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552758530322,"sku":"9781962405195","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3803c31-6057-4ab8-8eda-da9ff4a1f54a.jpg?v=1754902761","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wreck-of-your-life-on-the-evening-news-9781962405195","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}