{"product_id":"ways-to-beg-9781625570215","title":"Ways to Beg","description":"This is a brave and beautiful book. --Jan Beatty \u003cbr\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eWays to Beg\u003c\/i\u003e are in constant conversation. They speak to and of each other, to ancestors, gods, pets, strangers on planes, and, most often, directly to the reader. Their aim is mutual inquiry. They want to swap stories and jokes and secrets, to stay up all night, refilling your beverage of choice, diligently pursuing the unsaid, the unsayable. In short, they want to ask the right questions. To deliberate how we've come to inhabit our bodies, our families, our grief, our country, our planet--and how we intend to make good on that lonesome and curious responsibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandella, T. J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - .J. Sandella is the author of WAYS TO BEG (Black Lawrence Press; 2021); which was a finalist or semi-finalist for several awards; including the Miller Williams Poetry Prize; the Brittingham \u0026amp; Felix Pollak Prizes; and the Crab Orchard First Book Award. Selected by Dorianne Laux for inclusion in the Best New Poets anthology; he is the recipient of an Elinor Benedict Prize for Poetry (selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil); a William Matthews Poetry Prize (selected by Billy Collins); two Academy of American Poets Prizes; and two pushcart prize nominations. Poems can be found in \u003cem\u003ePoet Lore; New Ohio Review; Hotel Amerika; Poetry Northwest; The Chattahoochee Review; and The South Carolina Review\u003c\/em\u003e; among others. He lives in Cleveland; Ohio.","brand":"Black Lawrence Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50444841582866,"sku":"9781625570215","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c420147b-75b8-46c3-a029-7ec1a4ae2d37.jpg?v=1729690564","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ways-to-beg-9781625570215","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}