{"product_id":"twang-paperback-2","title":"Twang - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Kline\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUp close, it sounded like the men when they finished, their faith, jostling what they didn't understand against what they secretly wished\u003c\/i\u003e, writes poet Ben Kline in his unflinching new book \u003ci\u003eTwang\u003c\/i\u003e, a must have collection that bristles with holler talk, \u003cbr\u003ehay fields, double-wides, Styrofoam coolers of beer, Satan, Madonna and the fervor of kissing boys and no name men by the lake. A place where \u003ci\u003egay demons [bring] ruin to what upstanding citizens call decency\u003c\/i\u003e, though a $50 dollar donation to the church can go a long way in saving a soul from eternal damnation. Kline brings gristle, gut and bone, giving voice to what it means to grow up deeply rural, Appalachian and queer, busting open every stereotype along the way. -Kari Gunter-Seymour, Ohio Poet Laureate, Author of \u003ci\u003eDirt Songs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith language lush as Whitman's and a cadence that twirls between Madonna and creation epics, Ben Kline's \"Twang\" breathes life into Appalachia in ways we have never witnessed before. Tender, bucolic, celestial, erotic, queer-Kline's poems\u003cbr\u003eare a tractor bucking, a lover's touch in the dark, witchcraft wrought from honey and river baptisms, uncles dissolving like the Eucharist. Brilliant and immense, \"Twang\" is a true literary feat. \"Don't they know \/ my dirt tongue \/ sops the blood\u003cbr\u003e\/ off their faces?\" -Todd Dillard, author of \u003ci\u003eWays We Vanish\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRagnarök at the Father-Daughter\u003cbr\u003eDance\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53026314387763,"sku":"9781942004998","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/7uOpdZsicj9781942004998_06237423-551c-4c7a-8d0b-346196a89efe.webp?v=1770235427","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/twang-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}