{"product_id":"9780142000182","title":"Viper Rum","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKarr, Mary\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePenguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/1\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eIn her third collection of poetry, \u003cb\u003eViper Rum\u003c\/b\u003e, Mary Karr delves into autobiographical subject matter; various beloveds are birthed and buried in these touching lyrics, some of which, as the title suggests, deal with drink:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI cast back to those last years\u003cbr\u003eI drank, alone nights at the kitchen sink,\u003cbr\u003ebathrobed, my head hatching snakes,\u003cbr\u003e while my baby slept in his upstairs cage\u003cbr\u003eand my marriage choked to death\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrecise and surprising, Karr's poems \"take on the bedevilments of fate and grief with a diabolical edge of their own\" \u003cb\u003e(Poetry)\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso included is Karr's controversial and prize-winning essay \"Against Decoration,\" in which she took aim against the verbal ornaments that too often pass for poetry these days-the \"new formalism\" that elevates form to an end itself.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43380222525695,"sku":"9780142000182","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780142000182_s600x595.jpg?v=1777309005","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780142000182","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}