{"product_id":"thats-what-you-get-9781936767595","title":"that's what you get","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Maldonado thrills with the contradictions in New York City life, where the people, in mourning over another victim of police brutality, can take over a plaza named to honor a colonizer; where the laundromat offers communion and the subway a site for Emersonian contemplation; where laying on your couch very well may be the ultimate act of resistance; where you could be a Central American Quaker in a Caribbean borough grooving to an Icelandic dance queen's DJing. Spunk, grit, the real deal, that's what you get here.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eMónica de la Torre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaldonado, Sheila:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sheila Maldonado is the author of the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eone-bedroom solo\u003c\/em\u003e (A Gathering of the Tribes \/ Fly by Night Press). She is a CantoMundo Fellow and Creative Capital awardee as part of desveladas, a visual writing collective. She teaches English for the City University of New York. She was born in Brooklyn, raised in Coney Island, the daughter of Armando and Vilma of El Progreso, Yoro, Honduras. She lives in El Alto Manhattan..","brand":"Brooklyn Arts Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525529047314,"sku":"9781936767595","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0100c11c-211b-43b0-8aa4-00c9dbd1aed6.jpg?v=1731225555","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thats-what-you-get-9781936767595","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}