{"product_id":"joy-ride-9780887486906","title":"Joy Ride","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems that navigate the intersection of history and memory, family lore, and world events.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems of \u003ci\u003eJoy Ride\u003c\/i\u003e look for the connections and listen for the echoes between world events, family lore, work, mortality, and art. Ron Slate examines the intangibility of the past by exploring the notion of storytelling itself--the stories we tell ourselves, our families, and our communities about the events that have shaped our experience. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Slate \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Quincy, Massachusetts. His poetry collections are \u003ci\u003eThe Incentive of the Maggot\u003c\/i\u003e, nominated for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Wave\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor and host of the online literary journal \u003ci\u003eOn The Seawall \u003c\/i\u003eand lives in Aquinnah, Massachusetts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carnegie-Mellon University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50497781989650,"sku":"9780887486906","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1c7eda62-1741-4f8e-8227-2e6666a51e31.jpg?v=1730719989","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/joy-ride-9780887486906","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}