{"product_id":"mass-for-shut-ins-9781935218487","title":"Mass for Shut-Ins","description":"\"Todd Robinson has written such tender love poems in \u003ci\u003eMass for Shut-Ins\u003c\/i\u003e that you might read them to your significant other and hope for success--a veritable Neruda of Nebraska. In 'Skin, ' the speaker is 'a soft \/ ravening \/ hominid torched \/ by rosewater\/ \u0026amp; coconut oil.' The poems are no less fervent toward the old sod, beautifully evoking the contemporary Midwest. He feels 'the jolt of coal trains \/ through the gut of steaming America.' A splendid debut.\"--Terese Svoboda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobinson, Todd:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Todd Robinson earned a B.A. and M.A. in English from Creighton University, and a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He teaches in the Writer's Workshop and the Thompson Learning Community at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. His work has appeared in The Cortland Review, Canopic Jar, and A Dozen Nothing.","brand":"Backwaters Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506798989586,"sku":"9781935218487","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a44e77f-ab46-4357-993d-3e727f728b0f.jpg?v=1730854164","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mass-for-shut-ins-9781935218487","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}