{"product_id":"the-book-of-frank-9781933517490","title":"The Book of Frank","description":"Winner of the 2009 Gil Ott Book Award, this expanded edition of \u003ci\u003e The Book of Frank \u003c\/i\u003e features additional \"Frank\" poems and an essay by Eileen Myles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraised by poet Anne Waldman as a \"voyeuresque surreal portrait,\" \u003ci\u003e The Book of Frank \u003c\/i\u003e is also, in the words of poet-critic Alan Gilbert, a \"candid portrayal of human cruelty and its resultant fantasies of escape.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAConrad is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frank\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2010\/Chax Press, 2009). He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAdvanced Elvis Course\u003c\/i\u003e (Soft Skull Press, 2009), \u003ci\u003e(Soma)tic Midge\u003c\/i\u003e (Faux Press, 2008), \u003ci\u003eDeviant Propulsion\u003c\/i\u003e (Soft Skull Press, 2006), and a collaboration with poet Frank Sherlock titled \u003ci\u003eThe City Real and Imagined\u003c\/i\u003e (Factory School, 2010). The son of white trash asphyxiation, his childhood included selling cut flowers along the highway for his mother and helping her shoplift. In 2011, he was awarded a Pew Fellowship by the Pew Center for Arts \u0026amp; Heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697982345490,"sku":"9781933517490","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_239ac401-184e-4dbc-bec1-3239dbb77077.jpg?v=1734314076","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-frank-9781933517490","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}