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“Reading these absolutely terrific poems, with their southern colloquial drawl and sober Buddhist insight, is a bit like having a sage old sleepy tiger purr in your ear while you lie at the edge of the swamp in back of Billy-Joes's pickup truck.”—Dazed & Confused Magazine “Sustaining, inspiring, even rescuing.”—Will Oldham, musician “A true beast of a man with insight and beauty to spare.”—Harmony Korine, filmmaker “Brett Eugene Ralph can look at a woman dancing alone, ‘eyes closed, lips parted, held aloft / in one hand half a mango, / a gigantic butcher knife / clutched in the other,’ and know immediately that she’s praying.”—Andrew Hudgins Brett Eugene Ralph lives in rural western Kentucky. His country-rock ensemble, Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue, can be heard in seedy dives throughout the South.

Black Sabbatical: Poems

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“Reading these absolutely terrific poems, with their southern colloquial drawl and sober Buddhist insight, is a bit like having a... Read more

    Publisher: Sarabande Books, Incorporated
    Publication Date: 13/08/2009
    ISBN13: 9781932511734, 978-1932511734
    ISBN10: 1932511733

    Number of Pages: 96

    Fiction , Poetry

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    “Reading these absolutely terrific poems, with their southern colloquial drawl and sober Buddhist insight, is a bit like having a sage old sleepy tiger purr in your ear while you lie at the edge of the swamp in back of Billy-Joes's pickup truck.”—Dazed & Confused Magazine “Sustaining, inspiring, even rescuing.”—Will Oldham, musician “A true beast of a man with insight and beauty to spare.”—Harmony Korine, filmmaker “Brett Eugene Ralph can look at a woman dancing alone, ‘eyes closed, lips parted, held aloft / in one hand half a mango, / a gigantic butcher knife / clutched in the other,’ and know immediately that she’s praying.”—Andrew Hudgins Brett Eugene Ralph lives in rural western Kentucky. His country-rock ensemble, Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue, can be heard in seedy dives throughout the South.

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