{"product_id":"baleful-biographica","title":"Baleful Biographica","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot much is known about \u003cstrong\u003eMarcus Bales\u003c\/strong\u003e except that he lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and his work has not appeared in \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis first book,\u003cem\u003e 51 Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (available from Amazon), was, for an exciting day or two in May, 2016, the 299th best-selling poetry book in the world, but is now in 3,366,115th place. How the mighty have fallen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * * * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Allgar\u003c\/strong\u003e was born a mere 22 months before Adolf Hitler committed suicide, although no causal connection between the two events has ever been firmly established.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDespite having lived in Paris since 1982, he remains immutably English. He started entering humorous competitions in 1967, but took a 35-year break, finally re-emerging in 2011 as a kind of Rip Van Winkle of the literary competition world. He also drinks malt whisky and writes music, which may explain his fondness for Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ayterzedd: A Bestiary of (mostly) Alien Beings\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAn Answer from the Past, being the story of Rasselas and Figaro.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 53 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (March 21, 2024)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43220578992190,"sku":"nkd1787286996460","price":14.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/0075\/8846\/files\/baleful-biographica_1.jpg?v=1787287002","url":"https:\/\/urbanglamboutique.shop\/products\/baleful-biographica","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}