{"product_id":"dispatch-from-every-second-guess-9781938603761","title":"Dispatch from Every Second Guess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA verse-memoir spanning the breakdown of a marriage and the resulting wide-open horizon of single motherhood, \u003ci\u003eDispatch From Every Second Guess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how we negotiate the present in the light of the past, how our lingering resentments limit our attentions, and how old wounds reopen in new ways.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGannon's life is layered with tensions. The tension of being a white adoptive mother to a Black son. The tension of healing from a failed marriage. The tension of supporting a partner through mental health crises. The tension of mothering the partner's child in the shadow of a fraught relationship with one's own mother. And the tension of admitting ugly truths in a genre that often demands beauty, especially from women poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Sharon Olds and Maggie Smith, Gannon's second full-length collection of poetry is rife with poignant self-reflection and lyrical storytelling as she writes her way toward understanding, and maybe even forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGannon, Megan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMegan Gannon\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCumberland\u003c\/i\u003e (a novel) and \u003ci\u003eWhite Nightgown\u003c\/i\u003e (poems). Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry, Ploughshares, Pleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently in \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review, Atlanta Review, Calyx, Meridian, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Pinch\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an associate professor of English at Ripon College in Wisconsin.","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160060588306,"sku":"9781938603761","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e472b4f-e486-456c-8692-6172ef114a68.jpg?v=1775033727","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dispatch-from-every-second-guess-9781938603761","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}