{"product_id":"rancho-notorious","title":"Rancho Notorious","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSigned copies available in limited supply\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike the movie of the same name, the poems in \u003cem\u003eRancho Notorious\u003c\/em\u003e are peopled with a colorful cast of characters, all born of the fertile imagination of Richard Garcia. Through narratives, lyric poems and dramatic monologues, Garcia’s characters demonstrate that the idea of self is fluid, one identity easily swapped for another. These are poems with heart, poems that believe that the construction of memory, however fragmentary and inconclusive, is also an act of redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCat's Cradle\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotice how the man standing\u003cbr\u003eat the freeway entrance, pretending\u003cbr\u003ehe's waiting for a carpool, strokes\u003cbr\u003ea string that holds his briefcase together.\u003cbr\u003eDo you remember an insistence of a kite\u003cbr\u003epulling at your wrist? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow recall a skate key on a string\u003cbr\u003ebouncing against your chest, the indecipherable \u003cbr\u003eknot of fishing line that suddenly shot\u003cbr\u003ethrough the guides and disappeared\u003cbr\u003einto black water. Consider the Gordian knot:\u003cbr\u003ewas it a kind of book, some ancient, lunar\u003cbr\u003eknowledge encoded in twine that Alexander \u003cbr\u003ecould not decipher? These are things \u003cbr\u003eyou can think about while waiting \u003cbr\u003eat an intersection for the long,\u003cbr\u003elong procession of a child's funeral to pass. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollow your thoughts up to the level of clouds. \u003cbr\u003eNow stay there awhile, as if\u003cbr\u003eyou had slipped into the cogs\u003cbr\u003eof the wind's machinery, which,\u003cbr\u003eif you could see them, would resemble \u003cbr\u003ebright, braided coils ascending, \u003cbr\u003edescending...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd 2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable editions: \u003cbr\u003e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003ePrice: $14.00 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":8418863685,"sku":"1929918011","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback (Signed)","offer_id":12467813580881,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/file_97.jpeg?v=1527683328","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/rancho-notorious","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}