{"product_id":"9781612191355","title":"Dispatch from the Future: Poems","description":"\"I love these poems.\" \u003cb\u003e—Joe Dunthorne, author of \u003ci\u003eSubmarine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFunny, surprising and lyrical, these poems range from the deserts of the Southwest to the abysses of Facebook. From online dating to beauty pageants, Greek mythology to road trips, Leigh Stein gives us resilient young women in longing and in love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePost-confessional—like Sylvia Plath raised on MTV, or Anne Sexton on Twitter—the poems seduce with a narrative hook or startle with a pop culture reference, all the while wrestling fresh meaning out of our fantasy-saturated modern lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLeigh Stein’s first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Fallback Plan\u003c\/i\u003e, was hailed as “beautiful, funny, thrilling, and true” by Gary Shteyngart (\u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e). A former \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staffer and frequent contributor to its “Book Bench” blog, Stein is also the author of the poetry chapbook \u003ci\u003eHow to Mend a Broken Heart with Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the winner of the Amy Award from \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171036774640,"sku":"9781612191355","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612191355_p0.jpg?v=1763844632","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612191355","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}