{"product_id":"dresses-from-the-old-country-paperback","title":"Dresses from the Old Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Read\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Laura Read's second poetry collection, the former poet laureate of Spokane, WA, weaves past and present together to create a portrait of a life in progress. As the speaker looks back on her life, she exists simultaneously as all the selves she has ever been: a lost child, a lonely adolescent, a teacher, a daughter, a friend, a wife, a mother--a woman continually shaped and reshaped by memory and experience. Deeply rooted in a particular time and place, Read's poems strip away the illusion of the passage of time as they reveal how we are all wearing \"dresses from the old country.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Read was born in New York City and has lived most of her life in Spokane, WA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDresses from the Old Country\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA Editions, 2018), \u003ci\u003eInstructions for My Mother's Funeral\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry), and the chapbook \u003ci\u003eThe Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, 2011). A recipient of a Washington State Artists Trust Grant, a Florida Review Prize for Poetry, and the Crab Creek Review Prize for Poetry, Laura presents regularly at literary festivals and conferences throughout the Northwest, including GetLit!, Write on the Sound, Litfuse, and the Port Townsend Writers Conference. Laura served as Spokane's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, and she currently teaches at Spokane Falls Community College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769839517984,"sku":"9781942683667","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0ead2bb7916cea534f22bc89c4770a73.webp?v=1780357982","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dresses-from-the-old-country-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}