{"product_id":"dispatch-from-the-mountain-state","title":"Dispatch from the Mountain State","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ls-nav\"\u003e\n\u003cul id=\"coda-slider-9-nav-ul\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"liquid-slider\" id=\"coda-slider-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel px-0 coda-slider-9-panel ls-panel clone\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel-wrapper px-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel-vestige\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDispatch from the Mountain State\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eencompasses the trademark themes of a mature poet—death, despair, dread, and the seeming randomness with which all of these come into life. The dispatches provide, if sometimes obliquely, a keen awareness of the troubled times within which we live, whether the flashpoint be race, the recent pandemic, or the reckless onslaught of the Appalachian mining industry, which is masterfully addressed in the long poem, “The Breach.” Harshman’s distinctive vision remains both surreal and familiar, whether expressed in a sonnet or the more common free-verse characteristic of most of his work. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of over forty poems sings with a fluid voice and dazzles with imagery that surprises and rings true, often underlain by and intertwined with the darker threads of our common living and dying as contemporary Appalachians. It is rare to find a poet like Harshman, who is deeply connected to the life of rural America and yet writes poetry untouched by any sentiment for the old ways found there. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"817 UChicago Press Dist.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45390707392647,"sku":"Harshman 9781959000419","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0363\/1621\/7479\/files\/harshman_dispatch_des_cov_rgb.jpg?v=1785784893","url":"https:\/\/shoptheredcaboosewv.com\/products\/dispatch-from-the-mountain-state","provider":"The Red Caboose","version":"1.0","type":"link"}