{"product_id":"motherland-fatherland-homelandsexuals-paperback","title":"Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Lockwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed second collection of poetry by Patricia Lockwood, Booker Prize finalist author of the novel \u003ci\u003eNo One Is Talking About This \u003c\/i\u003eand the memoir \u003ci\u003ePriestdaddy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e * Powell\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003es * The Strand * Barnes \u0026amp; Noble * BuzzFeed * Flavorwire \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A formidably gifted writer who can do pretty much anything she pleases.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColloquial and incantatory, the poems in Patricia Lockwood's second collection address the most urgent questions of our time, like: Is America going down on Canada? What happens when Niagara Falls gets drunk at a wedding? Is it legal to marry a stuffed owl exhibit? Why isn't anyone named Gary anymore? Did the Hatfield and McCoy babies ever fall in love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe steep tilt of Lockwood's lines sends the reader snowballing downhill, accumulating pieces of the scenery with every turn. The poems' subject is the natural world, but their images would never occur in nature. This book is serious and funny at the same time, like a big grave with a clown lying in it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Lockwood\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and raised in all of the worst cities of the Midwest. She is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eNo One is Talking About\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Booker Prize; the memoir \u003ci\u003ePriestdaddy\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e; and the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eBalloon Pop Outlaw Black\u003c\/i\u003e. Lockwood's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, where she is a contributing editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753766879520,"sku":"9780143126522","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/83c507ac9d5243e2f00cc84a068fb300.webp?v=1780027083","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/motherland-fatherland-homelandsexuals-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}