{"product_id":"mopes-a-book-in-three-acts-9781944380243","title":"Mopes: A Book in Three Acts","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eStraddling the wreckage of late capitalist America, the poems in Kenneth Reveiz's \u003ci\u003eMOPES\u003c\/i\u003e arc urgently toward utopia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--or at least they do their best\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eThe intimate eros of liberated queerness is interrupted, undermined by a flood of dystopian American violence. The choice to fight for love and justice roars from each page with a poet's heart and an activist's ferocity. \u003cbr\u003eBreaking new ground in queer and Latinx writing, \u003ci\u003eMOPES\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative, political, and paradigm-shifting coming-of-age story about revolutionary disappointment. \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Fence Modern Poets Series Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenneth Reveiz is a poet and screenwriter from New York City who works in the service of racial and economic justice. Of Colombian heritage, Kenneth is the author of three chapbooks of experimental poetry, most recently CULTURAL CHANGE IN USA (Queer.Archive.Work, 2021). At the age of 27 they were elected to the Board of Alders, the legislative body for the City of New Haven, and as the Alder for Ward 14 they helped secure the passage of historic legislation to increase police accountability.\u003cbr\u003eA graduate of Yale University, Kenneth received their M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the California Institute of the Arts, where they were a Truman Capote Fellow. \u003cbr\u003eMOPES, Kenneth's debut poetry collection, was awarded the Fence Modern Poets Series Prize. Learn more at kennethreveiz.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fence Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387239239954,"sku":"9781944380243","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e40118e7-3b40-47cc-ad73-1bda6d19b5a6.jpg?v=1728874370","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mopes-a-book-in-three-acts-9781944380243","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}