{"product_id":"wisdom-dust-9780981998473","title":"Wisdom \u0026 Dust","description":"\u003cb\u003eNeil McCrea\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and author living in the Pacific Northwest. His work has most recently appeared in \u003ci\u003eKnock, Etc: a Review of General Semantics\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the NeoPoiesis anthology \u003ci\u003eCandy. Wisdom \u0026amp; Dust\u003c\/i\u003e is his first poetry collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Like water into wine, McCrea consistently and effortlessly transforms the quotidian into the revelatory. Wisdom \u0026amp; Dust dazzles and surprises with its pathos, wit, and insight.\"\u003cbr\u003e - Jonathan Evison, author of \u003ci\u003eAll About Lulu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWest of Here\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The impressive poems in \u003ci\u003eWisdom \u0026amp; Dust\u003c\/i\u003e have the swagger and pulse of the authentic. McCrea's characters, filled with equal parts rage and longing, bravado and despair, live in a universe where sucker punches and life-changing epiphanies wait at every turn.\"\u003cbr\u003e - James P. Othmer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Futurist \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHoly Water\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Vivid and revealing, Neil McCrea's \u003ci\u003eWisdom \u0026amp; Dust\u003c\/i\u003e tells stories of lust, love, lawlessness, and root beer. The powerful but dark outlook reminds one of Salinger's \u003ci\u003eCatcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e, but with a sexual twist.\" \u003cbr\u003e - Alyse Black - International Award-Winning Touring \u0026amp; Recording Artist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Following Neil McCrea's optimistic and innocent boy into manhood left me feeling like I'd committed some sort of new sin myself, like I was partly responsible for his descent into all of this cool, blue madness.\"\u003cbr\u003e - Jeannette Kantzalis, songwriter\/novelist\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Neopoiesis Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524055470354,"sku":"9780981998473","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b1712819-d92d-4673-b47f-e0c2cb3df9f6.jpg?v=1731173044","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wisdom-dust-9780981998473","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}