{"product_id":"hip-hops-poems-about-beer-everyman-s-library-pocket-poets-9781101907917b","title":"Hip Hops: Poems About Beer (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautiful hardcover \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePocket Poets\u003c\/span\u003e collection of poetic tributes to beer from around the world and through ages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the ancient \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHymn to Ninkasi\u003c\/span\u003e\" (the Sumerian goddess of beer) to eighth-century Chinese poet Li Bai's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBring in the Ale\u003c\/span\u003e\" to Robert Graves's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eStrong Beer\u003c\/span\u003e,\" the poems collected here attest to humankind's long attraction to the foamy and intoxicating product of malted grains. A surprising variety of poets have penned tributes to the brew; their tantalizing poems include Robert Burns's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eJohn Barleycorn\u003c\/span\u003e,\" Edgar Allan Poe's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLines on Ale\u003c\/span\u003e,\" Frank O'Hara's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBeer for Breakfast\u003c\/span\u003e,\" Sylvia Plath's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Beer Tastes Good\u003c\/span\u003e,\" Muriel Rukeyser's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBeer and Bacon\u003c\/span\u003e,\" and Tom Waits's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWarm Beer and Cold Women\u003c\/span\u003e.\" Whether pulling up to the celestial bar in Keats's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMermaid Tavern\u003c\/span\u003e\" or to the grittier, jazzier one in Carl Sandburg's \"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHonky Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio\u003c\/span\u003e\" (where \"the cartoonists weep in their beer\"), lovers of beer and poetry are sure to find something to celebrate in these tantalizing pages.","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819699277904,"sku":"9781101907917B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781101907917-l.jpg?v=1785876990","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/hip-hops-poems-about-beer-everyman-s-library-pocket-poets-9781101907917b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}