{"product_id":"dear-excavator-paperback","title":"Dear Excavator - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvan D. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJc McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe tides unbroken. the hidden rocks knowing nothing of battlements. the mind its own white room washed by a confluent prayer...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To enter into \u003cem\u003eDear Excavator\u003c\/em\u003e,\" says American Book Award winner Ed Bok Lee, \"is to wade into an epic river-part sour dream mash, part metaphysical disquisition, part tinker's time machine, all lifeline to the jugular sublime austral light in the tradition of William Christenberry, James Agee, Whitman, and Chagall.\" This debut full-length collection from prose-poet Evan D. Williams comprises two dozen pieces selected from literary journals-including \u003cem\u003eBorderlands\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Mud Season Review-\u003c\/em\u003eand a further two dozen pieces that appear here for the first time. The volume is divided into seven abstractly thematic parts-starting with \u003cem\u003eMaps of the World in Its Becoming\u003c\/em\u003e and concluding with \u003cem\u003eThe Crocodiles Who Look Back Into an Abyss of Time-\u003c\/em\u003ewhich are introduced with striking ink drawings by Southwestern outsider artist JC McCarthy. \"Somewhere in the middle of this singularly post-Gothic landscape,\" Lee continues, \"you'll awaken to find yourself soaring through an Inner Americana exhumed back to miraculous life by the sheer forces of love and lyricism.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42160514531463,"sku":"9781953932051","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cb2646b16c4932bf570179d030d6039d.webp?v=1733274662","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dear-excavator-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}