{"product_id":"an-unstable-container-9781949344103","title":"An Unstable Container","description":"In \u003ci\u003eAn Unstable Container\u003c\/i\u003e, John LaPine explores the provocative dangers and tantalizing pleasures of corporeality across five deeply personal essays. Resonating with a distinct, lyrical Midwestern sensibility, LaPine's work examines with tenderness the intersections of language, society, and the body in our ongoing construction of the self. As he interrogates blackness, queerness, gender roles, and masculinity, what emerges challenges notions of identity and the self. \u003ci\u003eAn Unstable Container\u003c\/i\u003e establishes John LaPine as an emerging voice vital to contemporary creative nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn LaPine is a Black biracial queer poet living \u0026amp; teaching in the Twin Cities. He earned his MA from Northern Michigan University in 2017, and his MFA from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2024. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Rising Phoenix Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHot Metal Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe \/Temz\/ Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlass: A Journal of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Gum Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRhythm \u0026amp; Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMidwestern Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnderblong\u003c\/i\u003e, \u0026amp; elsewhere. He lives in Minneapolis, MN.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bull City Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580173123858,"sku":"9781949344103","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24d7dca4-4abd-4d9d-b657-84df4bf10bf1.jpg?v=1756209176","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-unstable-container-9781949344103","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}