{"product_id":"blue-etiquette-paperback","title":"Blue Etiquette - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen Driskell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Kathleen Driskell pulled an old edition of Emily Post's \u003ci\u003eEtiquette\u003c\/i\u003e from the used bookstore shelf and blew dust off the blue linen cover, she instantly found herself and her family within those pages--not as the Worldlys, Oldlineages, or the Gildings (archetypes Post created to demonstrate how to properly manage a grand house full of servants), but as the housemaids, cooks, and useful men working for those very rich. The noted poet--whose collection \u003ci\u003eSeed Across Snow\u003c\/i\u003e was twice listed as a national bestseller by the Poetry Foundation--explores class, the workplace, and those tense interactions between the haves and the have nots in her new collection. As America watches its middle-class quickly decline, \u003ci\u003eBlue Etiquette\u003c\/i\u003e rings with relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathleen Driskell is an award-winning poet and teacher. Her poetry collections include most recently \u003ci\u003eNext Door to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeed Across Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, listed as a national bestseller by the Poetry Foundation. Driskell's poems have appeared in many literary journals including the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review, North American Review, Shenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRattle\u003c\/i\u003e and are featured online on \u003ci\u003ePoetry Daily, Verse Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Life in Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. At Spalding University, Kathleen is professor of creative writing and a director of the low-residency MFA program. She lives with her family in Louisville, Kentucky in an old country church built before the American Civil War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426183233714,"sku":"9781597092388","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5799b788120db8724700e9eef2038162.webp?v=1778512083","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/blue-etiquette-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}