{"product_id":"improvisation-without-accompaniment-9781942683957","title":"Improvisation Without Accompaniment","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Matt Morton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Expert and instinctive, like a cool Ed Wilkerson sax solo bouncing with lived rhythms. Morton's consummate poems will echo long after they are read.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected by Patricia Smith as winner of the 2018 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, Matt Morton's debut poetry collection \u003ci\u003eImprovisation Without Accompaniment\u003c\/i\u003e embraces uncertainty with a spirit of joyous playfulness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese lyric poems follow the rhythms of life for a young man growing up in a small Texas town. As the speaker wrestles with ruptures within the nuclear family and the loss of his religious beliefs, he journeys toward a deeper self-awareness and discovers a fuller palette of experiences. Over the course of this collection, the changing seasons of small-town Texas life give way to surprise encounters in distant cities. The speaker's awareness of mortality grows even as he improvises an affirming response to life's toughest questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoignant, searching, and earnestly philosophical, \u003ci\u003eImprovisation Without Accompaniment\u003c\/i\u003e reaches for meaning within life's joys and griefs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413722488983,"sku":"9781942683957","price":1179.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781942683957.webp?v=1767919400","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/improvisation-without-accompaniment-9781942683957","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}