{"product_id":"sunrise-over-south-africa","title":"Sunrise Over South Africa","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Kuhn Carey\u003c\/strong\u003e’s previous full-length travel poetry collections, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/black-forest-dreams-a-journey-through-germany?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=97c9cec51\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Forest Dreams: A Journey Through Germany\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Kelsay Books, 2021) and \u003ci\u003ePostcards From Poland \u003c\/i\u003e(Chicago Poetry Press, 2014), have garnered numerous awards. His poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, selected in local and national contests, shown on buses and in store windows \u0026amp; parks, and published in many poetry collections, as well as in his chapbook, \u003ci\u003eBulk-Rate \u003c\/i\u003e(The Reflex Press, 1981).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eJoe received an American Society of Composers, Authors \u0026amp; Publishers\/Deems Taylor Award for music-related journalistic writing. He’s written about jazz and blues artists for \u003ci\u003eDownBeat, JazzTimes,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe,\u003c\/i\u003e and has voted in the Grammy Awards (2007–2020). Additionally, he’s composed, recorded, and released two “Loose Caboose Band” CDs of original children’s songs with his brother, Bill (\u003ci\u003eThe Caboose is Loose \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMighty Big Broom\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter of which was honored with two first-voting-round Grammy nominations). He’s also published a book on jazz, \u003ci\u003eBig Noise From Notre Dame: A History of the Collegiate Jazz Festival\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Notre Dame Press, 1986).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eJoe holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, as well as graduate degrees from Boston University and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. When not scribbling down poems about daily life, the fascinating world around him, or his world travels, Joe runs a property management business, chases an occasionally-errant golf ball around the local public golf links at sunset (when the light glows best on the clouds in a dazzlingly-pure painted sky and deer start to slowly emerge from the surrounding woods), and continually tries to master Chuck Berry, B.B. King, and Scotty Moore riffs on acoustic and electric guitars. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eWebsite:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/josephkuhncareycreativeworks.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ejosephkuhncareycreativeworks.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003ePaperback: 120 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 9, 2026)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sunrise-South-Africa-Joseph-Carey-ebook\/dp\/B0GJFKBBQZ\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKindle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52577252966584,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0800\/0329\/files\/carey_front.jpg?v=1770407190","url":"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/sunrise-over-south-africa","provider":"Kelsay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}