{"product_id":"face-up-a-collection-of-outlaw-poems-paperback","title":"Face Up: A Collection of Outlaw Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Nielsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBelo Cipriani\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlison McGhee\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695343628595,"sku":"9781732312753","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QTdYT0ExQ2Z5M0RsOFhZR3dTUHU3UT09.webp?v=1763089100","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/face-up-a-collection-of-outlaw-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}