{"product_id":"bub-essays-from-just-north-of-nashville-paperback","title":"Bub: Essays from Just North of Nashville - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDrew Bratcher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNashville native Drew Bratcher writes musically about memory and memorably about music in uncommonly beautiful essays that announce the arrival of a major new voice. The title essay, a requiem in fragments, tells the story of a grandfather through his ear, comb, hands, El Camino, and clothes. Bratcher delivers a tough and moving tribute to a man who \"went on ahead, on up the road, and then the road turned.\" Elsewhere, Bratcher directs his attention to Johnny Cash's looming presence over his childhood, the relative pain of red paper wasp stings, Dolly Parton's generative homesickness, the humiliations and consolations of becoming a new father, the experience of hearing his name in a Taylor Swift song, and the mystifying hymns treasured by both his great grandmother and D. H. Lawrence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seamlessly blending memoir and arts criticism and aiming at both the heart and the head, this is a book about listening closely to stories and songs, about leaving home in order to find home, and about how the melodies and memories absorbed along the way become \"a living music that advances and prevails upon us at formative moments, corralling chaos into the simple, liberating stockade of verse, chorus, verse.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrew Bratcher\u003c\/b\u003e's essays and journalism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNowhere Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImage Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWashingtonian\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Chicagoland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47400064024754,"sku":"9781609388492","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2c301465192ddf7203a21b049c7ddbc8.webp?v=1778084012","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/bub-essays-from-just-north-of-nashville-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}