{"product_id":"failure-and-i-bury-the-body-9780062273437","title":"Failure and I Bury the Body","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFailure and I Bury the Body\u003c\/em\u003e, selected by D. Nurkse for the National Poetry Series, Sasha West calls upon the tradition of medieval allegory to speak to modern anxieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by a melting Antarctica and the tragedies of the twentieth cen-tury, the narrator and the character of Failure take a road trip through the Southwestern desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore long, the Corpse, an inescapable passenger, joins them. As the narrator and Failure attempt to rid themselves of his body, the linked poems investigate desire, extinction, and the made world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest, Sasha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSasha West's poems have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eForklift\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOhio\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBorn\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. She holds graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Houston, where she was editor of Gulf Coast. Her work has garnered awards including scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Rice University's Parks Fellowship, Pushcart nominations, and Inprint's Verlaine Prize. She lives in Austin with her husband and teaches writing at the University of Texas's LBJ School of Public Affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459905491218,"sku":"9780062273437","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d5fd7bd7-4eee-4874-948b-990f318397ea.jpg?v=1730013740","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/failure-and-i-bury-the-body-9780062273437","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}