Black Sabbatical

Poems

Brett Eugene Ralph

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Sarabande Books, Incorporated
01 July 2009

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

Series: Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature

""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 HudginsBrett 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.

By: Brett Eugene Ralph
Imprint: Sarabande Books, Incorporated
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 127g
ISBN: 9781932511734
ISBN 10: 1932511733
Series: Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 July 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ralph's work has appeared in Conduit, Mudfish, Willow Springs, The American Poetry Review, The McSweeney's Book of Poets Picking Poets, and Thus Spake the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader. Currently, he teaches at Hopkinsville Community in rural western Kentucky. His country-rock ensemble, Brett Eugene Ralph's Kentucky Chrome Revue, can be heard in seedy dives throughout the South.