false 2849955 0 0 6267193 1932511733 9781932511734 0 <![CDATA[Black Sabbatical: Poems (Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6267193.Black_Sabbatical_Poems 4.36 11 "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 Hudgins

Brett 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.

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