{"product_id":"9780375710506","title":"Black Maria","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=\"\"\u003eYoung, Kevin\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\u003eKnopf\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\u003e3\/20\/2007\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\u003eKevin Young follows his acclaimed exploration of the blues in \u003ci\u003eJelly Roll\u003c\/i\u003e with another playful riff on a vital art form, giving us a film noir in verse. \u003ci\u003eBlack Maria\u003c\/i\u003e–the title is a slang term for a police van as well as a hearse–is a twisting tale of suspicion, passion, mystery, and the city. Young channels the world of detective movies, picking up its lingo and dark glamour in five “reels” of poetry–the adventures of a “soft-boiled” private eye, known as A.K.A. Jones, and an ingenue turned femme fatale, Delilah Redbone, who’s come to town from down south (“Mama bent till dark \/ tending rows to send \/ Me to school . . . I wanted \/ To head on \u0026amp; hitch . . . strike it \/  Big”). We follow Jones and Delilah through a maze of aliases and ambushes, sex and suspicions, fast talk and hard luck, in Shadowtown where noir characters abound. The Killer, The Gunsel, The Hack, The Director, The Champ, and The Snitch are among the local luminaries and beautiful losers who mingle with Jones and his elusive lady as they stalk one another through the scenes of the poet’s dazzling “treatment.” Charming, funky, bleak, humorous, picaresque, and full of pathos, \u003ci\u003eBlack Maria\u003c\/i\u003e is brimming with the originality and stark lyricism we have come to expect from this remarkable poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we met her first request:\u003cbr\u003eGot a light?\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003eI only had dark\u003cbr\u003eso gave her that instead.\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003eAshtray full of butts\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; maybes.\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003eThe sound of her heels down the hall\u003cbr\u003eto me means reveille.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(from “Stills”)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClick on the poem titles below to hear Kevin Young read from \u003ci\u003eBlack Maria.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43373618594047,"sku":"9780375710506","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780375710506_s600x595.jpg?v=1775597486","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780375710506","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}