{"product_id":"9780998829005","title":"Motor Maids Across America","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: Padgett, Ron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the spinster Miss Helen Campbell sets off in a motorcar called “The Comet” with four high school girls, their cross-country car ride promises to fulfill their singular dreams of grand vistas. Unprepared for the ensuing plane crash, a stolen car, a trip to The Singing Ranch, encounters with cryptic individuals, a painting by Henri Rousseau, a train robber on the lam, an Italian village located in California, a talking door and the assistance of cowboys, Blaise Cendrars, Indians and mountain outlaws who turn into statues, the redoubtable Motor Maids are compelled to dream even larger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Padgett\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1942) grew up in Tulsa and has lived mostly in New York City since 1960. Among his many honors are a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters poetry award, the Shelley Memorial Award and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Padgett’s \u003ci\u003eHow Long\u003c\/i\u003e was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in poetry. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e won the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e prize for the best poetry book of 2013. In addition to being a poet, he is the translator of Guillaume Apollinaire, Pierre Reverdy and Blaise Cendrars. His poems appeared in Jim Jarmusch's film \u003ci\u003ePaterson\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN 9780998829005. The Song Cave. pb. 110 pages. 14 x 19 cm.\u003cbr\u003eavailable\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"The Song Cave","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45472672776349,"sku":"9780998829005","price":37.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/1439\/9645\/files\/9780998829005.jpg?v=1784274509","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.manic.com.au\/products\/9780998829005","provider":"Books at Manic Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}