{"product_id":"jam","title":"Jam","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the title implies, Jam features a wealth of poems driven by a distinct music resulting from Joe-Anne McLaughlin’s studies in both jazz and blues. Propelled by strong rhythms and line breaks, McLaughlin’s poems such as “Percussion,” “Half-Note for Hayden” and “Aubade” present a variety of colorful characters trying to get by on the strength of “Waller’s boogies\/ or Morton’s rolls, \/ Hot Lips’ riffs \/ or Bessie’s groans, \/ move in tune \/ and yet alone.” An exciting and original voice, McLaughlin’s poems are introduced by award-winning poet and essayist Stephen Dunn.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePercussion \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e                    For Jeff Barr\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr when birds fly smack into a window \u003cbr\u003eby a feeder, mistaking the sky\u003cbr\u003eit mirrors for actual sky... That's what \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eit's like to mistake every polite \u003cbr\u003eman for one's father. And the sound\u003cbr\u003etheir bodies make when they hit—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eif one listens, really attends—not a thud, \u003cbr\u003enot a twack, but the percussion \u003cbr\u003ethat follows a blow to the belly, that ungh \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewhen the wind gets knocked out\u003cbr\u003eand the loud silence after. \u003cbr\u003eListen. Harder. Harder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd 2001 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable editions: \u003cbr\u003e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003ePrice: $12.50 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8419924613,"sku":"1-929918-04-6","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/JAM.jpg?v=1527683283","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/jam","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}