{"product_id":"thief-in-the-interior-paperback","title":"Thief in the Interior - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhillip B. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecipient of a 2017 Whiting Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003e 2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e Nominated for the 2017 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry\u003cbr\u003e 2016 INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e 2017 Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e 2017 Lambda Literary Awards Winner\u003cbr\u003e 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e 2017 Nominee for 2017 Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for Chicago Review of Books Award in Poetry\u003cbr\u003e One of BET's \"12 Must-Read Books for 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gorgeous debut is a 'debut' in chronology only. . . . Need is everywhere--in the unforgiving images, in lines so delicate they seem to break apart in the hands, and in the reader who will enter these poems and never want to leave.--Adrian Matejka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhillip B. Williams investigates the dangers of desire, balancing narratives of addiction, murders, and hate crimes with passionate, uncompromising depth. Formal poems entrenched in urban landscapes crack open dialogues of racism and homophobia rampant in our culture. Multitudinous voices explore one's ability to harm and be harmed, which uniquely juxtaposes the capacity to revel in both experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpithalamium: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA kiss. Train ride home from a late dinner, \u003cbr\u003eCity Hall and document signing. Wasn't cold\u003cbr\u003ebut we cuddled in an empty car, legal.\u003cbr\u003eLast month a couple of guys left a gay bar\u003cbr\u003eand were beaten with poles on the way\u003cbr\u003eto their car. No one called them faggot\u003cbr\u003eso no hate crime's documented. A beat down\u003cbr\u003eis what some pray for, a pulse left to count.\u003cbr\u003eWe knew we weren't protected. We knew\u003cbr\u003eour rings were party favors, gold to steal\u003cbr\u003ethe shine from. We couldn't protect us, \u003cbr\u003eknew the law wouldn't know how. Still, his\u003cbr\u003ebeard across my brow, the burn of his cologne.\u003cbr\u003eWhen the train stopped, the people came on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhillip B. Williams is a Chicago, Illinois native and the author of the chapbooks \u003ci\u003eBruised Gospels\u003c\/i\u003e (Arts in Bloom Inc. 2011) and \u003ci\u003eBurn\u003c\/i\u003e (YesYes Books, 2013). He is a Cave Canem graduate and received scholarships from Bread Loaf Writers Conference and a 2013 Ruth Lilly Fellowship. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eAnti-, Callaloo, Kenyon Review Online, Poetry, The Southern Review, West Branch\u003c\/i\u003e and others. Phillip received his MFA in Writing as a Chancellor's Graduate Fellow at the Washington University in St. Louis. He is the poetry editor of the online journal \u003ci\u003eVinyl Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760118104352,"sku":"9781938584176","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c995fbe00ca7c8f2cf9a3d040b2dc7dd.webp?v=1780172084","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/thief-in-the-interior-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}