{"product_id":"hustle-9781936747771","title":"Hustle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"David Martinez is like an algebra problem invented by America--he's polynomial, and fractioned, full of identity variables and unsolved narrative coefficients. . . . \u003ci\u003eHustle\u003c\/i\u003e is full of dashing nerve, linguistic flair, and unfakeable heart.\"--Tony Hoagland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dark peoples with things: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor keys, coins, pencils\u003cbr\u003eand pens our pockets grieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo street lights or signs, \u003cbr\u003eno liquor stores or bars, \u003cbr\u003eonly a lighter for a flashlight, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the same-faced trees, \u003cbr\u003esimilar-armed stones\u003cbr\u003eand crooked bushes\u003cbr\u003estaring back at me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no path in the woods for a boy from the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would have set fire to get off this wilderness\u003cbr\u003ebut Palomar is no El Camino in an empty lot, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe plastic dripping from the dash\u003cbr\u003eand the paint bubbling like a toad's throat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf mountains were old pieces of furniture, \u003cbr\u003eI would have lit the fabric and danced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf mountains were abandoned crack houses, \u003cbr\u003eI would have opened their meanings with flame, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eif that would have let the wind and trees lead my eyes\u003cbr\u003eor shown me the moon's tiptoe on the moss--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas you effect my hand, \u003cbr\u003eas we walk into the side of a Sunday night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Tomas Martinez\u003c\/b\u003e has published in \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Writer's Ink\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been featured in \u003ci\u003eBorder Voices\u003c\/i\u003e. A PhD candidate at the University of Houston, Martinez is also an editor for \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Tomas Martinez: David Tomas Martinez has published in \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Writer's Ink, Charlotte Journal, Poetry International\u003c\/i\u003e, and been featured in \u003ci\u003eBorder Voices\u003c\/i\u003e. A Ph.D. candidate at the University of Houston, Martinez is also an editor for \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50896852025618,"sku":"9781936747771","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd2bad72-9601-460f-95ae-58603ed83d00.jpg?v=1738301575","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hustle-9781936747771","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}