{"product_id":"the-body-wars-poems-paperback","title":"The Body Wars: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJan Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat would it take to be home in one's body, to walk around the world as oneself, knowing the pain within and without us? Jan Beatty boldly answers that question by making a fire map of the body. These roiling poems smack into walls of meditation, only to slide down the smooth concrete into the flatline of joy. These are vital poems of dimension, of both psychic and literal travel, of the elasticity of truth and struggle, of the daily nature of desire that brings us to our knees--then shotguns us back to the heart's center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJan Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and director of creative writing at Carlow University, director of the Madwomen in the Attic writing workshops, and distinguished writer in residence of the Carlow University MFA program. Her fifth book, \u003ci\u003eJackknife: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2018 Paterson Prize, and her memoir, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Bastard\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2019 Red Hen Nonfiction Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750508429600,"sku":"9780822966241","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6d93b0f4cb9c15beb8908c64a33b6c13.webp?v=1779951430","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-body-wars-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}