{"product_id":"9780872865716","title":"The Beautifully Worthless","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2005 Lambda Literary Award for Debut Lesbian Fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eThe Beautifully Worthless\u003c\/i\u003e is an outrageous act of kindness.\"— \u003cb\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She's insanely talented, it's mad. \u003ci\u003eThe Beautifully Worthless\u003c\/i\u003e crisscrosses the USA, like \u003ci\u003eClose to the Knives\u003c\/i\u003e , like Kerouac, desperately seeking out everything occluded and driven, a frenzy of seeking frozen into poetry.\" \u003cb\u003e—Kevin Killian\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ali Liebegott’s books evoke a life-affirming sensation that comes from embracing the pendular. Her ability to hit the right tone is scientific, almost violent in its precision—a single word or observation, well-placed, can have a reader crying or laughing aloud.\"— \u003cb\u003eEvan Karp, \u003ci\u003eBomb Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA runaway waitress leaves her lover, grabs her dog, and hits the highway. Ali Liebegott maps her travels in a series of hilarious and heartbreaking letters to the girl she left behind, and some of the most exquisite poetry written about love, heartache, and madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012436115696,"sku":"9780872865716","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780872865716_p0.jpg?v=1763839682","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780872865716","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}