{"product_id":"soft-inheritance-9781990293528","title":"Soft Inheritance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her exceptional poetic debut, Fawn Parker meditates on grief, illness, and the open-handed relationship between material objects and memory. Written after her mother was diagnosed with cancer, \u003cem\u003eSoft Inheritance\u003c\/em\u003e follows the poet's rapidly evolving reality where \"kindness is a scar,\" though \"not all scar-makers are kind.,\"\" Both a treatise on the sick body and the state of \"\"after\"--post-caretaking, post-breakup, post-moving, and post-death--these poems question what is inherited, and ask what can safely be left behind. A diamond ring? A cancerous gene? \u003cem\u003eSoft Inheritance\u003c\/em\u003e is a finely crafted love letter to the people and places that imprint on a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFawn Parker is a Giller-nominated author of five books including the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eHi, it's me\u003c\/em\u003e (McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart 2024). Her story \"Feed Machine\" was nominated for the 2020 McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart Journey Prize and her story \"Wunderhorse II\" was anthologized in André Forget's \u003cem\u003eAfter Realism, \u003c\/em\u003e (Véhicule, 2022). Fawn is a PhD student at the University of New Brunswick and her work is represented by Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid Agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palimpsest Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522438009106,"sku":"9781990293528","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e3fda30-1a0f-4fbb-828c-1c6a0e02fc70.jpg?v=1731116226","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/soft-inheritance-9781990293528","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}