{"product_id":"again-9781566897518","title":". . . Again","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning poet Mark Nowak returns with a harrowing documentation of the expansive landscape of MAGAmerica.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through five abecedarian prose sections, \u003ci\u003e. . . AGAIN\u003c\/i\u003e is a photo-text commentary on MAGAism in America. In his sobering voice, Nowak captures the depredations of capitalism, the desensitizing regularity of mass shootings, and the extremism that has fueled white nationalism. From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and the January 6 insurrection through Donald Trump's re-election, Nowak chronicles the transformations as the seasons change around him, attempting to make sense of a bitterly divided nation that elected a polarizing figurehead . . . again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Nowak's books include \u003ci\u003eShut Up Shut Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCoal Mountain Elementary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSocial Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e. . . AGAIN\u003c\/i\u003e, all from Coffee House Press. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and Creative Capital foundations. Nowak recently wrote an introduction to Celes Tisdale's \u003ci\u003eWhen the Smoke Cleared: Attica Prison Poems and Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (Duke University Press). He is founding director of the Worker Writers School.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160058229010,"sku":"9781566897518","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c24d508f-5fc2-4a75-b3c0-70f7b2c0ce48.jpg?v=1775033553","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/again-9781566897518","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}