{"product_id":"a-boy-in-the-city-9781646051786","title":"A Boy in the City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this debut collection of poetry, the obscure and mundane collide, a fricassee of movement, the cosmopolitan, and intimacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Boy in the City\u003c\/em\u003e uses poems as pillars to interrupt and excavate an interiority that unfolds and interrogates grim thoughts and intimacy. Yarberry weaves a sexy, glitzy journey through their city, where the speaker can \"pose\" and \"compose\" in a \"trans way, of course.\" Clever in its playful allusions to Greek myths, William Blake, and other literary figures, \u003cem\u003eA Boy in the City\u003c\/em\u003e is a distinct work of joy and liberation that reckons with the language of gender and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eS. Yarberry is a trans poet and writer. Their poetry has appeared in \u003cem\u003eTin House, Indiana Review, The Offing, Berkeley Poetry Review, jubilat, Notre Dame Review, The Boiler\u003c\/em\u003e, miscellaneous zines, among others. Their other writings can be found in \u003cem\u003eBomb Magazine, The Adroit Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Blake\/An Illustrated Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e. They currently serve as the Poetry Editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Spectacle\u003c\/em\u003e. S. has their MFA in Poetry from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a PhD candidate in literature at Northwestern University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50449816551698,"sku":"9781646051786","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f71f8c8-4ae8-4bf0-996a-3f64a7a27108.jpg?v=1729747196","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-boy-in-the-city-9781646051786","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}