{"product_id":"the-blind-loon-a-bestiary-poems-paperback","title":"The Blind Loon - A Bestiary: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEd Shacklee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRuss Spitkovsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his impressive bestiary, \u003cem\u003eThe Blind Loon\u003c\/em\u003e, Ed Shacklee shows as keen an insight into the nature of the beast roaming free as into the beast within. This encyclopedic collection includes the commonplace python, monkey, crocodile, tortoise, camel; the mythical kraken, lamia, chimera, wyvern; the prehistoric ankylosaurus; the fantastical logorrhea, mope, snub, hipster. Shacklee doles out marvels, mischief and hilarity in \u003cem\u003eThe Blind Loon, \u003c\/em\u003eand the breathtaking illustrations of Russ Spitkovsky provide an accompanying visual feast and are by themselves worth the price of admission.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Fog of Blurbs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir plumage is a sheen of words whose meanings are the same-\u003cbr\u003e inveigling, too often heard, obnoxious birds, but tame, \u003cbr\u003e their mewling call is pecks of praise without one speck of blame.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndifferent if they foul their nests or poop rains on the rabble, \u003cbr\u003e garrulously gathered on the garret eaves of Babel, \u003cbr\u003e they preen as they pontificate on arts in which they dabble, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efor truth goes out the window when the Blurbs fly into town;\u003cbr\u003e a mist of cloying tidings, thought essential to renown, \u003cbr\u003e their beaks grow long and longer and are uniformly brown.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEd Shacklee, whose poetry has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eAble Muse, Light, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRattle\u003c\/em\u003e among other journals, is a public defender who represents young people. He lives on a boat in the Potomac River. \u003cem\u003eThe Blind Loon\u003c\/em\u003e is his first full-length collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418367443122,"sku":"9781927409879","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/914ea84983a556a04d2abd547e6f179d.webp?v=1778449834","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-blind-loon-a-bestiary-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}