{"product_id":"my-art-is-killing-me-and-other-poems-paperback","title":"My Art Is Killing Me and Other Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmber Dawn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her novels, poetry, and prose, Amber Dawn has written eloquently on queer femme sexuality, individual and systemic trauma, and sex work justice, themes drawn from her own lived experience and revealed most notably in her award-winning memoir \u003ci\u003eHow Poetry Saved My Life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this, her second poetry collection, Amber Dawn takes stock of the costs of coming out on the page in a heartrendingly honest and intimate investigation of the toll that artmaking takes on artists. These long poems offer difficult truths within their intricate narratives that are alternately incendiary, tender, and rapturous.\u003cbr\u003e In a cultural era when intersectional and marginalized writers are topping bestseller lists, Amber Dawn invites her readers to take an unflinching look at we expect from writers, and from each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmber Dawn is a poet, memoirist and novelist. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSub Rosa\u003c\/i\u003e (Lambda Literary Award winner) and \u003ci\u003eSodom Road Exit\u003c\/i\u003e, the Vancouver Book award-winning memoir \u003ci\u003eHow Poetry Saved My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and the BC Book Prize-nominated poetry collection \u003ci\u003eWhere the words end and my body begins\u003ci\u003e. She is also the editor or co-editor of numerous anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eHustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches creative writing at Douglas College.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771667480864,"sku":"9781551527932","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2a25209bf60ba18031cfa3c5d7593bd3.webp?v=1780390681","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-art-is-killing-me-and-other-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}