{"product_id":"butchers-sugar-9781937420253","title":"Butcher's Sugar","description":"With a beauty purged of sweetness, the voices of Butcher's Sugar sing of the sublime in the debased, violence and desire, the truth of whatever is \"rank with the carcass of mystery.\" Moving from childhood through adulthood, these poems re-inhabit and reclaim myths about the body and the self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard, Brad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Brad Richard is chair of the creative writing program at Lusher Charter High School in New Orleans. A native of Texas and Louisiana, he received his B.A. from the University of Iowa and his M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. He has published three books of poems \u003cem\u003eHabitations\u003c\/em\u003e (Portals Press, 2000), MOTION STUDIES (The Word Works, 2011 Winner of the 2010 Washington Prize, finalist for the 2011 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry from The Publishing Triangle), and BUTCHER'S SUGAR (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2012) and two chapbooks, \u003cem\u003eThe Men in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e (Lowlands Press, 2004) and \u003cem\u003eCurtain Optional\u003c\/em\u003e (Press Street Press, 2011). Richard is the 2002 poetry winner in the Poets \u0026amp; Writers, Inc., Writers Exchange competition, and his work has appeared in a wide range of journals, including \u003cem\u003eAmerican Letters \u0026amp; Commentary\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBarrow Street\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBayou\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eConnotationPress.com\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHunger Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLaurel Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLiterary Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMississippi Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Orleans Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePassages North\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSakura Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSatellite\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWestern Humanities Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWillow Springs\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWitness\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Sibling Rivalry Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51213045498130,"sku":"9781937420253","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19915f07-92f7-4a77-a95a-29a102a5a88d.jpg?v=1745357804","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/butchers-sugar-9781937420253","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}