{"product_id":"9781938584176","title":"Thief in the Interior","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRecipient of a 2017 Whiting Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNominated for the 2017 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2016 INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2017 Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2017 Lambda Literary Awards Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2017 Nominee for 2017 Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for Chicago Review of Books Award in Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of BET’s “12 Must-Read Books for 2016” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This gorgeous debut is a 'debut' in chronology only. . . . Need is everywhere—in the unforgiving images, in lines so delicate they seem to break apart in the hands, and in the reader who will enter these poems and never want to leave.\"—Adrian Matejka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhillip B. Williams investigates the dangers of desire, balancing narratives of addiction, murders, and hate crimes with passionate, uncompromising depth. Formal poems entrenched in urban landscapes crack open dialogues of racism and homophobia rampant in our culture. Multitudinous voices explore one's ability to harm and be harmed, which uniquely juxtaposes the capacity to revel in both experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Epithalamium\":\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA kiss. Train ride home from a late dinner,\u003cbr\u003eCity Hall and document signing. Wasn't cold but we cuddled in an empty car, legal.\u003cbr\u003eLast month a couple of guys left a gay bar\u003cbr\u003eand were beaten with poles on the way\u003cbr\u003eto their car. No one called them faggot\u003cbr\u003eso no hate crime's documented. A beat down\u003cbr\u003eis what some pray for, a pulse left to count.\u003cbr\u003eWe knew we weren't protected. We knew\u003cbr\u003e• ur rings were party favors, gold to steal\u003cbr\u003ethe shine from. We couldn't protect us,\u003cbr\u003eknew the law wouldn't know how. Still, his\u003cbr\u003ebeard across my brow, the burn of his cologne.\u003cbr\u003eWhen the train stopped, the people came on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060179157232,"sku":"9781938584176","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938584176_p0.jpg?v=1763664327","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938584176","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}