{"product_id":"homefront-new-and-selected-poems-9781935520634","title":"Homefront: New and Selected Poems","description":"these poems are uniquely about everyday life: getting up in the morning, sitting in the kitchen with pets, buying buttons and meeting a salesman, politics, polio, christmas, about time lost, love and beautiful children. the author, growing up in family with polio, living through 2 divorces and the sudden death of a husband, weaves us a story of a single mom brought 'home' through curiosity and the observation of the quirkiness of life anywhere around her: in queens, long island, switzerland, vermont and new york city-that same quirkiness we all share. these poems will resonate with us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLytle, Ellen 'Windy':\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - ellen (aug) 'windy' lytle was raised in Flushing, Queens, and on Long Island in a 'God fearing, ' Polio challenged, family. She eloped, quit school at sixteen, had two children by 18 and a third five years later. She has been published in many books, reviews, and journals as well as on-line. lytle was a newspaper editor and a downtown arts reporter from 1989-1994, and even a fashion model for five minutes. She currently teaches creative writing at Bronx Community College and public libraries on Staten Island, and lives in NYC w\/musician mike lytle, her dog, goode, and cat, chance.","brand":"NYQ Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50446368735506,"sku":"9781935520634","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45991881-c714-4af4-bee1-8c7ef138ea98.jpg?v=1729707268","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/homefront-new-and-selected-poems-9781935520634","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}