{"product_id":"a-boy-in-the-city-paperback","title":"A Boy in the City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. Yarberry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this debut collection of poetry, the obscure and mundane collide, a fricassee of movement, the cosmopolitan, and intimacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Boy in the City\u003c\/em\u003e uses poems as pillars to interrupt and excavate an interiority that unfolds and interrogates grim thoughts and intimacy. Yarberry weaves a sexy, glitzy journey through their city, where the speaker can \"pose\" and \"compose\" in a \"trans way, of course.\" Clever in its playful allusions to Greek myths, William Blake, and other literary figures, \u003cem\u003eA Boy in the City\u003c\/em\u003e is a distinct work of joy and liberation that reckons with the language of gender and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eS. Yarberry is a trans poet and writer. Their poetry has appeared in \u003cem\u003eTin House, Indiana Review, The Offing, Berkeley Poetry Review, jubilat, Notre Dame Review, The Boiler\u003c\/em\u003e, miscellaneous zines, among others. Their other writings can be found in \u003cem\u003eBomb Magazine, The Adroit Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Blake\/An Illustrated Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e. They currently serve as the Poetry Editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Spectacle\u003c\/em\u003e. S. has their MFA in Poetry from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a PhD candidate in literature at Northwestern University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767208640800,"sku":"9781646051786","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c71356056cff5df69988f8d9488730d7.webp?v=1780306608","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-boy-in-the-city-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}