{"product_id":"the-pit-9780889713949","title":"The Pit","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in a small-town, sub-Arctic dive bar, this debut poetry collection explores the complexities of addiction and the person beneath, and the possibility of finding home and community in unexpected places. Among Borin's poems are portraits of the bar's regular customers and employees--recurring characters, like those who might appear in a dark and unconventional sitcom. The religious night janitor catalogues the day's sins; the retired barmaid gussies up at the mirror; the regular customers and their regular habits are described to a new employee: \"R has a two-drink limit. A likes a coaster. Remember, \/ Mrs. O takes a chilled pilsner glass \/ with her bottle of Blue.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the melancholy atmosphere of the bar and the rooms upstairs, the speakers of Borin's poems find unexpected solace and belonging. The habits, the routine, the regulars, the predictability of it all brings some kind of chaotic order to chaotic life: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e We drink without even having to think about it, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e because it feels good\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e to lose control, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e feels like regaining it.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorin, Tara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTara Borin is a recent graduate of the Writer's Studio Online with Simon Fraser University. Their poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePrairie Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eemerge 19\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLaHave Review\u003c\/i\u003e. They are a queer, gender-fluid writer living in Dawson City, Yukon, in traditional Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in territory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightwood Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482024448274,"sku":"9780889713949","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e23cefb7-5089-46c3-81f7-4b8619a3bc10.jpg?v=1730338906","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pit-9780889713949","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}