{"product_id":"book-of-blues","title":"Book of Blues (Penguin Poets)","description":"\u003cb\u003eEight extended poems from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Road \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/i\u003e—featuring an introduction by Robert Creeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBest known for his “Legend of Duluoz” novels, Jack Kerouac is also an important poet. In the eight poems collected in \u003ci\u003eBook of Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, Kerouac writes from the heart of experience in the music of language, employing the same instrumental blues form that he used to fullest effect in \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, his largely unheralded classic of postmodern literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“In my system, the form of blues choruses is limited by the small page of the breastpocket notebook in which they are written, like the form of a set number of bars in a jazz blues chorus, and so sometimes the word-meaning can carry from one chorus into another, or not, just like the phrase-meaning can carry harmonically from one chorus to another, or not, in jazz, so that, in these blues as in jazz, the form is determined by time, and by the musician’s spontaneous phrasing \u0026amp; harmonizing with the beat of time as if waves \u0026amp; waves on by in measured choruses.”\u003c\/i\u003e—Jack Kerouac\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThese poems include:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e• \u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Blues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Richmond Hill Blues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Bowery Blues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e• MacDougal Street Blues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Desolation Blues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Orizaba 210 Blues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Orlanda Blues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Cerrada Medellin Blues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Kerouac himself, \u003ci\u003eBook of Blues \u003c\/i\u003eis an exuberant foray into language and consciousness, rich with imagery, propelled by rhythm, and based in a reverent attentiveness to the moment.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51305640984864,"sku":"9780140587005","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780140587005.jpg?v=1772762764","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/book-of-blues","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}