{"product_id":"atrophy-9781938912894","title":"Atrophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eDive bars, gas stations, bedrooms, and snowfields comprise the setting as the speaker asks: What do we feel? What should we feel? Who gets to feel what?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his moving debut collection, Jackson Burgess examines heartbreak, depression, and empathy through a lens of rigorous introspection. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtrophy\u003c\/i\u003e's poems vary in location, mostly between Los Angeles and Iowa City, with reoccurring characters serving as touchstones, forming the book's narrative. Much of the collection is about or directly addresses an ex-lover, Lily. In the wake of that failed relationship, \u003ci\u003eAtrophy\u003c\/i\u003e wrestles with loneliness, substance abuse, and dissociation, utilizing lists, letters, prose poems, and free verse. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese poems celebrate the past while mourning it, armed with the advantage of retrospect. Prescription drugs, dog fights, dance parties, love letters, and ghosts--the world depicted is at times dark, at times humorous, but always human. \u003ci\u003eAtrophy\u003c\/i\u003e is vulnerable and cinematic, a series of manic meditations exploring what it means to love and be loved, to hurt and be hurt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jackson Burgess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Write Bloody Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938912894","brand":"Write Bloody Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273965633673,"sku":"9781938912894","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a1402209-75b2-4b13-8a09-ff85596e6d7e.jpg?v=1736843840","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/atrophy-9781938912894","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}