{"product_id":"lyrics-for-a-limited-audience-poems-songs-exhortations-and-translations","title":"Lyrics for a Limited Audience: Poems, Songs, Exhortations, and Translations","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003eThroughout his long career—and unbeknownst to many—John L. Ruth has been expressing some of his deepest thoughts and feelings in traditional verse and free-form poetry, sometimes reflecting his community’s folk culture in song lyrics. In recent years, he has also turned to translating old German and Pennsylvania Dutch hymns and songs into English. Now in his late nineties, Ruth offers this surprising collection, introduced by poet Julia Spicher Kasdorf, and produced by her husband, Philip Ruth. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003eLyrics for a Limited Audience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e will delight and surprise readers of all kinds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e(175pp. Masthof Press, 2026.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John L. Ruth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68160154370276,"sku":"4711-3G1-48","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/3371\/files\/Ruth_Lyrics_FntCvr.jpg?v=1793973791","url":"https:\/\/bookstore.masthof.com\/products\/lyrics-for-a-limited-audience-poems-songs-exhortations-and-translations","provider":"Masthof Bookstore and Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}