{"product_id":"the-beautifully-worthless-9780872865716","title":"The Beautifully Worthless","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2005 Lambda Literary Award for Debut Lesbian Fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Beautifully Worthless\u003c\/i\u003e is an outrageous act of kindness.\"--\u003cb\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She's insanely talented, it's mad. \u003ci\u003eThe Beautifully Worthless\u003c\/i\u003e crisscrosses the USA, like \u003ci\u003eClose to the Knives\u003c\/i\u003e, like Kerouac, desperately seeking out everything occluded and driven, a frenzy of seeking frozen into poetry.\"\u003cb\u003e--Kevin Killian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ali Liebegott's books evoke a life-affirming sensation that comes from embracing the pendular. Her ability to hit the right tone is scientific, almost violent in its precision--a single word or observation, well-placed, can have a reader crying or laughing aloud.\"--\u003cb\u003eEvan Karp, \u003ci\u003eBomb Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA runaway waitress leaves her lover, grabs her dog, and hits the highway. Ali Liebegott maps her travels in a series of hilarious and heartbreaking letters to the girl she left behind, and some of the most exquisite poetry written about love, heartache, and madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAli Liebegott\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the award-winning books \u003ci\u003eThe Beautifully Worthless\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe IHOP Papers\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2010 she took a train trip across America interviewing female poets for a project titled, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart Has Many Doors\u003c\/i\u003e; excerpts from these interviews are posted monthly on \u003ci\u003eThe Believer Logger\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003eCha-Ching!\u003c\/i\u003e is forthcoming from City Lights\/Sister Spit. In addition, she is the founding editor at Writers Among Artists whose first publication, \u003ci\u003eFaggot Dinosaur\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2012.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330143523090,"sku":"9780872865716","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_920f9c7c-cffb-441c-a160-9364e091458b.jpg?v=1727793254","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-beautifully-worthless-9780872865716","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}