{"product_id":"the-becoming-game-9798991337724","title":"The Becoming Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the frightening results of the 2016 election, Paula Cisewski adopted a new writing practice and coping mechanism. She would invite a friend over for tea and a tarot reading. Later she would share with them the first draft of a poem inspired by the cards, the conversation, and whatever of the world had leaked in. The practice made space for meaningful communication in an uncertain time.\"Precise, furious, political, controversial, paradoxical, provocative, confessional, intimate, friendly, honest, metric, exuberant, crazy, subdued poetry,\" Grzegorz Kwiatowski wrote in praise of The Becoming Game. \"Everything here contradicts and collides because this poetry contains many voices, many styles, many stories, but they all belong to one author. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCisewski, Paula:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula Cisewski's\u003c\/b\u003e previous books include \u003ci\u003eCeremonies for No Repair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuitter\u003c\/i\u003e (Diode Editions Book Prize winner), \u003ci\u003eThe Threatened Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGhost Fargo\u003c\/i\u003e (Nightboat Poetry Prize winner, selected by Franz Wright), \u003ci\u003eUpon Arrival\u003c\/i\u003e, and several chapbooks. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies from organizations including the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Oberholtzer Foundation, and Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hanging Loose Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51346458673426,"sku":"9798991337724","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5fd309e-7f8b-4994-8503-1da2b038b8a1.jpg?v=1749045156","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-becoming-game-9798991337724","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}