{"product_id":"hard-child-paperback","title":"Hard Child - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatalie Shapero\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shapero writes in an urgent vernacular that flirts, stings, implores and demands with apparent abandon.\"--\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shapero's poetics has real-world import for the way we use language to talk about messy things.\"--\u003ci\u003eVolta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThought-provoking and sardonically expressive, Shapero is a self-proclaimed \"hard child\"--unafraid of directly addressing bleakness as she continually asks what it means to be human and to bring new life into the world. \u003ci\u003eHard Child\u003c\/i\u003e is musical and argumentative, deadly serious yet tinged with self-parody, evoking the spirit of Plath while remaining entirely its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Hot Streak\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActually it's ridiculous to opine on what kind\u003cbr\u003eof a dog I would be, were I ever a dog, as I don't\u003cbr\u003econtain within me half enough life to power\u003cbr\u003ea dog. I WOULD BE A DEAD DOG, THAT'S\u003cbr\u003eWHAT KIND, or\u003cbr\u003emaybe a mere industrial object\u003cbr\u003eboasting a low-grade animation, some odd beep \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eor flicker, like a dryer or a bulb. So, sure, I could\u003cbr\u003ebe a reluctant bulb, the only one still offering light\u003cbr\u003ein an otherwise burnt-out fixture bolted\u003cbr\u003ehard to a row house porch. And all those moths, \u003cbr\u003ewith no other place to die. Can't they murder\u003cbr\u003ethemselves on someone else?...\u003cp\u003eNatalie Shapero has worked as a civil rights lawyer and is currently Professor of the Practice of Poetry at Tufts University. Her first poetry collection No Object was published in 2013, and her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Believer, The New Republic, Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatalie Shapero: Natalie Shapero has worked as a civil rights lawyer and is currently Professor of the Practice of Poetry at Tufts University and an Editor at Large of the Kenyon Review. Her first poetry collection No Object was published by Saturnalia in 2013, and her writing has appeared in The Believer, The New Republic, Poetry, and The Progressive. She lives in Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463468671283,"sku":"9781556595097","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/LbM7qnbZxe9781556595097.webp?v=1781611862","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/hard-child-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}