{"product_id":"9781936747771","title":"Hustle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"David Martinez is like an algebra problem invented by America—he's polynomial, and fractioned, full of identity variables and unsolved narrative coefficients. . . . \u003ci\u003eHustle\u003c\/i\u003e is full of dashing nerve, linguistic flair, and unfakeable heart.\"—Tony Hoagland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dark peoples with things:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor keys, coins, pencils and pens our pockets grieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo street lights or signs,\u003cbr\u003eno liquor stores or bars,\u003cbr\u003eonly a lighter for a flashlight,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the same-faced trees,\u003cbr\u003esimilar-armed stones and crooked bushes staring back at me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no path in the woods for a boy from the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would have set fire to get off this wilderness but Palomar is no El Camino in an empty lot,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe plastic dripping from the dash and the paint bubbling like a toad's throat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf mountains were old pieces of furniture,\u003cbr\u003eI would have lit the fabric and danced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf mountains were abandoned crack houses,\u003cbr\u003eI would have opened their meanings with flame,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eif that would have let the wind and trees lead my eyes or shown me the moon's tiptoe on the moss—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas you effect my hand,\u003cbr\u003eas we walk into the side of a Sunday night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Tomas Martinez\u003c\/b\u003e has published in \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Writer's Ink\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been featured in \u003ci\u003eBorder Voices\u003c\/i\u003e. A PhD candidate at the University of Houston, Martinez is also an editor for \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051370234096,"sku":"9781936747771","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936747771_p0.jpg?v=1763658976","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936747771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}