{"product_id":"safe-houses-i-have-known-paperback","title":"Safe Houses I Have Known - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Healey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child during the height of the Cold War, Steve Healey learns that his father is a spy for the CIA. Beneath the banality of everyday life--the suburbs of Washington, DC; school and play; his parents' deteriorating marriage--assumed names, parallel lives, and myriad Cold War menaces linger. Drawing from CIA training manuals and pop culture references alike, Healey's poetry is both intimate and claustrophobic. In these poems, the natural anxiety of childhood is compounded by the weight of both national and family secrets, and Healey draws deep parallels between the shaky foundations of truth in his past and the paranoia and obfuscation that envelops our nation's present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Healey is the author of two previous books of poetry, \u003cem\u003e10 Mississippi\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEarthling, \u003c\/em\u003e both from Coffee House Press. His poems have been published in magazines such as \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, \u003c\/em\u003ethe\u003cem\u003e Awl, Boston Review, Denver Quarterly, Fence, Jubilat, \u003c\/em\u003e and in anthologies, most recently \u003cem\u003eThe New Census: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry.\u003c\/em\u003e He's a professor of English and creative writing at Minneapolis College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771477197088,"sku":"9781566895613","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/47c02173f582cb3631d43a263a0b7fb3.webp?v=1780387250","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/safe-houses-i-have-known-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}