{"product_id":"making-a-living-poems-1","title":"Making a Living: Poems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaking a Living: Poems\u003c\/h1\u003eRosalie Moffett,Rosalie Moffett\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003eMarch 18 2025\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781571315656\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1571315659\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"These are poems--generative, alert, and complex--that make good on the promise of the book's smart and fitting title.\" --Natalie Shapero, author of \u003ci\u003ePopular Longing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant and lithe collection of poems making space for the resolve and hope of motherhood amid consumerist dreams and nightmares.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsumerism--its privations and raptures--seeps into all aspects of contemporary life. \"Who knows me \/ as the search bar does, which holds \/ sacred its grasp of me \/ as a creature of habit?\" probes Rosalie Moffett, reckoning with algorithms, with marketing and capital. But\u003ci\u003e Making a Living \u003c\/i\u003eisn't just about the trappings of materialism--it's also about the fraught trials of trying to bring forth life in a double-dealing America where all sources are suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShrewdly balancing the likes of Scrooge McDuck and HGTV, ancient Roman haruspicy and the latest pregnancy technologies, this collection arcs ultimately toward reinhabiting the present, refusing to look away--on seeing as a method of prayer and a power against capitalism's threats to love, motherhood, reverence, and nature. Vigilant and profane, gentle and generous, full of desire and cunning, Moffett's poetry is a singular entry in our conversations around enduring modern life and daring to make new life in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390555521069,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_20fd5644-38d2-44c8-a221-ca67126d56b8.jpg?v=1787344381","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/making-a-living-poems-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}