{"product_id":"words-for-a-lost-year-9781953252975","title":"Words for a Lost Year","description":"\u003cp\u003eArranged in four sections named for the seasons, these poems trace a relationship through the arc of a symbolic year, exploring desire and place and identity. Insofar as they express a speaker's state of mind, these are lyric poems. The author says: \"These carnivorous lyrics, backhand love poems, and sorta sonnets embody the gut-punch poetic.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with linoleum cuts by Chad Poovey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurray Shugars is a professor of English at Alcorn State University. He and his wife, Sandra, live in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He has published two previous poetry collections, SONGS MY MOTHER NEVER TAUGHT Me (2010) and SNAKEBIT KUDZU (2013), both with Dos Madres Press.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"DOS Madres Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50403884630290,"sku":"9781953252975","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f56eef14-2d5b-40d4-aaa0-4dea774a0086.jpg?v=1740418437","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/words-for-a-lost-year-9781953252975","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}