{"product_id":"flop-era-poems-9780822967583","title":"Flop Era: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003eFlop Era\u003c\/i\u003e reckons with the complications of being human, and therefore, with the consequences of being fundamentally flawed. It contends with failed potential and the certain uncertainty of the future, while interrogating the past for clues that might explain why, as the speaker bemoans, \"there are never enough nails in the coffin of poor choices.\" While Egger throws confetti on the quotidian, she disarms the reader with earnestness and vulnerability. Rich in metaphor, affable and self-deprecating, the poems in \u003ci\u003eFlop Era \u003c\/i\u003eshine a spotlight on regret, infidelity, the feminine ideal, fear of death, and fear of insignificance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLara Egger \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Love Everyone and Almost Get Away with It\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Juniper Prize for Poetry and the John C. Zacharis First Book Award. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Bennington Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Conduit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. Egger is the recipient of a fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and her poems won the \u003ci\u003eArts \u0026amp; Letters\u003c\/i\u003e Rumi Prize for Poetry. Egger lives in Watertown, Massachusetts.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690608034066,"sku":"9780822967583","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35d1b62f-2bc2-46be-9317-f91a881fe73e.jpg?v=1761741298","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flop-era-poems-9780822967583","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}