{"title":"William Patrick","description":"William B. Patrick is an author who works in many genres and has three books from BOA Editions: \u003cem\u003eWe Didn't Come Here for This, a Memoir in Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (1999) \u003cem\u003eThese Upraised Hands \u003c\/em\u003e(1995) and \u003cem\u003eRoxa: Voices of the Culver Family\u003c\/em\u003e (1989), which won the 1990 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for best first work of fiction. Patrick has received grants from, the Academy of American Poets and the National Endowment for the Arts among others. He is currently a member of the faculty of Fairfield University's Master of Fine Arts Program in creative writing, and acquisitions editor at Hudson Whitman\/Excelsior College Press. For more information about William Patrick, visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.williampatrickwriter.com\/books.html\"\u003ewww.williampatrickwriter.com\u003c\/a\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"roxa","title":"Roxa","description":"\u003ch4\u003eHardcover and paperback copies available in limited quantities\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a first edition, first printing. Book Condition: Fine. This copy has been archived at BOA Editions, Ltd., since its publication. Unread. Ideal collector's copy. Actual cover design may vary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise for the collection\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRoxa\u003c\/em\u003e is a daring, go-for-broke experiment that works. In this brilliantly orchestrated narrative for voices, Mr. Patrick refines the standard boundaries of poetry and prose fiction until they're transluscent, and he opens up exciting new multi-dimensional possibilities for other artists with the courage and imagination to follow his trail-blazing example.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—James Dickey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 1989.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802353221,"sku":"9780918526687","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":8418904133,"sku":"9780918526687","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/ROXA.jpg?v=1527683335"},{"product_id":"these-upraised-hands","title":"These Upraised Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing from diaries, letters, memoirs, and personal encounters, Patrick's poems and poetic narratives tell the intricate, painful and loving stories of people who once lived and those who now live on the North American continent. This book once again reveals Patrick's storytelling ability, a talent that earned him The 1990 Great Lakes New Writers award for his mixed-genre poetry narrative\u003cem\u003e Roxa: Voices of the Culver Family\u003c\/em\u003e. In a similar fashion, the poems in this collection are both historical and contemporary, moving through various dramatic situations—from a boy losing teeth in a hockey game to a father losing a son in an ocean's coral reef.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e7\u003c\/strong\u003e (excerpt from\u003cem\u003e Stories. Real Ones.\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I remember\u003cbr\u003e   it rained straight\u003cbr\u003e     for a week\u003cbr\u003e       and our crowned road\u003cbr\u003e         that wound up\u003cbr\u003e           from our picturesque trout stream\u003cbr\u003e             collapsed\u003cbr\u003e               that narrow summer\u003cbr\u003e                 just before she bailed out\u003cbr\u003e                   A log\u003cbr\u003e                     rammed our bridge\u003cbr\u003e                       that time\u003cbr\u003e                         and split a beam\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e                             The last morning\u003cbr\u003e                                I thought\u003cbr\u003e                                  mourning doves were waking me\u003cbr\u003e                                    It was her\u003cbr\u003e                                      crying\u003cbr\u003e                                        She had squeezed\u003cbr\u003e                                          three drops of Krazy Glue\u003cbr\u003e                                            on her ass\u003cbr\u003e                                              and then backed\u003cbr\u003e                                                over against me\u003cbr\u003e                                                  as I slept\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003cem\u003e                          Three drops\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                      she said\u003cbr\u003e                                                     \u003cem\u003e   one for each\u003cbr\u003e                                                          unforgettable\u003cbr\u003e                                                            year \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e © BOA Editions, Ltd 1995\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Available editions: \u003cbr\u003e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e Cloth ISBN: 1-880238-26-8\u003cbr\u003e Price: $20.00 \u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: January 1995\u003cbr\u003e Paperback ISBN: 1-880238-27-6\u003cbr\u003e Price: $12.50 \u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: January 1995\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9832261893,"sku":"1880238276","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":40608647708843,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/THESE_UPRAISED.jpg?v=1527683634"},{"product_id":"we-didnt-come-here-for-this-a-memoir-in-poetry","title":"We Didn't Come Here for This: A Memoir in Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\"Jim and Betty were married in 1946. He had just returned from the harrowing experiences of the war; she was a modest, inexperienced Catholic girl. Their first son, Jimmy, was born in 1949. Three other children followed: Tommy in 1951, David in 1954, and Steven in 1958. Tommy died as an infant, and David was afflicted with cerebral palsy... \"We Didn't Come Here for This is poetry of course it is; but it is poetry on its own terms, a kind of utterance that does not borrow from books the sometimes stilted magnificence of traditional literature or the sometimes exhibitionist quirkiness of contemporary writing.\" [From the Introduction by Fred Chappell]  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tChristmas, 1950\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tMy father's mouth is \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tunder the white beard with strings \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tthat I can pull down. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tMy face, laughing, looks \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tup from one shiny snowboot \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tand then the other. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tDon't touch Jimmy's dog. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tDon't. Or his new firehouse. No, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tdon't, or he'll hit you.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tI see light, like stars, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tlike music sparking, bouncing \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\toff the bright, new snow. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tIf the baby duck \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\twalks fast on my new barn roof, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\this mother will yell.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tThe red birds land on \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tsnowy branches. My red cup \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tof milk hits the floor. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tMy Christmas tree smells. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tThe tinsel tastes like doorknobs. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tThe needles bite you.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tThe brown bird outside \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tsee his friends clipped to the tree, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tand wants to come in. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tThe gray Fairbanks truck \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tbrings the wind to Hoosick Street, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tturning the spruce blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tMy father wears red \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tpants, red coat, a red hat, and \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tstands by our fireplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tI push my rocking \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tchair next to my brother's chair, \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tbut sometimes he moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tSome of the white clouds \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tcarry angels who can see \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tfrom God down to me.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tThe empty branches \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tof the crab-apple tree don't \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tcatch the broken clouds.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tI can't wear Jimmy's \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\that. 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