{"product_id":"face-up-a-collection-of-outlaw-poems-9781732312753","title":"Face Up: A Collection of Outlaw Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2021 OLEB BOOKS POETRY PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFace Up: A Collection of Outlaw Poems\u003c\/em\u003e is a volume of unmistakable power. Defying social expectations, Suzanne Nielsen writes \"I was born in the mid-fifties with fists for hands because \/ in utero \/ I knew life wasn't fooling around.\" As she explores recurrent themes of physical illness, depression, and addiction, she demonstrates self-awareness gleaned from a life lived fully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuzanne Nielsen's poems are peopled with wry survivors attending to their lives with purpose and humor. A newly sober friend will \"jingle his medallion in his pocket \/ and mimic a canine sense of direction.\" An adult navigating clinical depression will \"climb into bed wearing . . . street clothes that haven't seen the streets for weeks.\" Relationships form in unexpected ways. Bertha from the Midway \"swore to sit on them, \/ and I swore to watch her back, \/ and we became best friends for those ten days.\" In these poems of tenderness and grit, sorrow is always accompanied by wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Nielsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oleb Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732312753","brand":"Oleb Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713227853961,"sku":"9781732312753","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e6644aa8-b091-429d-855b-620229dbf926.jpg?v=1719606269","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/face-up-a-collection-of-outlaw-poems-9781732312753","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}