{"product_id":"meditations-on-an-empty-stomach-9781646620548","title":"Meditations on an Empty Stomach","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Lee Bross's debut poetry chapbook, \"Meditations on an Empty Stomach\", winner of the 2015 \"Arts by the People Chapbook Award\", follows the philosophical wanderings of a new father taking his first steps into parenthood. His poetic journey leading him through crisis of faith, sexuality, and responsibility as he struggles to come to grips with his new role and his now outdated and abruptly shattered perspectives on life, death, existence, hunger, and his ability to guide a newborn life through a world he himself barely understands. This book challenges the patriarchal norms through at times serious, and other times whimsical poetic fancies, all while exploring the world through the imagine lens of his infant daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBross, Michael Lee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Lee Bross is a graduate of the MFA in Poetry program at Drew University, and is an active writer of both poetry and fiction. He is the recipient of the Martha E. Martin Awards for Poetry and Fiction, as well as the Jane Coil Cole Poetry Scholarship and the 2015 Arts by the People Chapbook Award. His work has been published in such periodicals as Lifeboat, Mobius Poetry Magazine, and Let's Talk Philadelphia. He lives in North Eastern Pennsylvania, where is resides with his partner Adrienne and their daughter Ariadne. He currently teachers Composition and English at the University of Scranton, East Stroudsburg University.","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434695921938,"sku":"9781646620548","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c1090d96-797f-432a-a579-6efa39a7a4a0.jpg?v=1729607528","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/meditations-on-an-empty-stomach-9781646620548","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}