{"product_id":"9780982354544","title":"Pretend the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePretend the World\u003c\/i\u003e confronts our false sense of safety in our self-created worlds. From her St. Paul kitchen to the historical shores of Lake Superior, from an airplane above Bagdad to a clothing factory in Guangdong, Kathryn Kysar pretends the glimmering and the sordid in these honest, searing poems that explore the inequities, cracks, and fissures in women's constructed lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eKathryn Kysar\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDark Lake\u003c\/i\u003e (Loonfeather Press, 2002), a book of poetry, and is the editor of \u003ci\u003eRiding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e (Borealis Books, 2008). She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Anderson Center, and she has published poems in many anthologies and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eGreat River Review\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eMizna\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003ePainted Bride Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. She serves on the board of directors for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holy Cow! Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019281088752,"sku":"9780982354544","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780982354544_p0.jpg?v=1763885968","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982354544","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}