{"product_id":"blueprint-and-ruin-9781930508521","title":"Blueprint and Ruin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 Michael Waters Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrappling with both motherhood and the death of a mother, \u003ci\u003eBlueprint and Ruin \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the juxtaposition of prosperity and loss. Filled with cultural specters manifested in structural ruin--houses built on snake dens, malls with foundations in old landfills, a picture-perfect town designed to be eradicated in nuclear testing--the poems mine what's buried beneath the façade of the American West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBethany Schultz Hurst\u003c\/b\u003e's first book, \u003ci\u003eMiss Lost Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected by Richard Blanco for the Anhinga Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the 2016 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Her work was selected for \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry 2015\u003c\/i\u003e and has appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Ohio Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e. A recipient of a Literary Arts Fellowship through the Idaho Commission on the Arts, Hurst holds an MFA from Eastern Washington University and is currently a professor at Idaho State University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Southern Indiana Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676261482770,"sku":"9781930508521","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86bd3663-66f0-42bd-96d2-f1e69478afa8.jpg?v=1761050315","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blueprint-and-ruin-9781930508521","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}