{"product_id":"when-i-was-baptized-in-missouri-dirt-9781968148294","title":"When I Was Baptized in Missouri Dirt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I can't imagine a better Georgic for our age than Chad Parmenter's \u003cem\u003eWhen I Was Baptized in Missouri Dirt.\u003c\/em\u003e On one hand, a book about coming of age on a small farm, it is also a book that reaches for God without losing hold of chickens or cicadas. Not since Heaney have I read poetry that speaks with such abundant lyrical freshness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Rodney Jones, \u003cem\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Winner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParmenter, Chad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Chad Parmenter is a Missouri-based poet and writer. His work has appeared in publications including Best American Poetry, Harvard Review, Kenyon Review, and At Length. His writing about poetry has appeared in publications including American Poetry Review and Memorious. His chapbook Weston's Unsent Letters to Modotti won the Snowbound Chapbook Contest at Tupelo Press. His book Batmanticism was published by In Case of Emergency Press. His plays The Rat Trap and The Short Knight were featured in the Comedies in Concert series of the University of Missouri, where he received his PhD.","brand":"Cornerstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51998175461650,"sku":"9781968148294","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c90a0656-ea49-4742-9388-6cc49c60c00c.jpg?v=1770142198","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-i-was-baptized-in-missouri-dirt-9781968148294","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}