{"product_id":"9781938584312","title":"Thief in the Interior","description":"\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\u003eFrom \"Agenda\":\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhile two women kissed in their house I watched\u003cbr\u003ea jury hide bullets in a Black boy's body, all rigor mortis\u003cbr\u003eand bass line. I landed in Chicago, a lead box.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe airport showed CNN and a Black mother\u003cbr\u003ecould not be heard over gate changes, bistro jazz.\u003cbr\u003eSubtitles gathered and faded like gossip\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhile I made my mouth vacant in my hometown.\u003cbr\u003eI carried a fever of insufferable noise that skin,\u003cbr\u003eilluminated by a hoodie, held close, a forced kin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhillip B. Williams \u003c\/b\u003ehas authored two chapbooks: \u003ci\u003eBruised Gospels \u003c\/i\u003e(Arts in Bloom Inc.) and \u003ci\u003eBurn \u003c\/i\u003e(YesYes Books). A Cave Canem graduate, he received scholarships from Bread Loaf Writers Conference and a Ruth Lilly Fellowship. His work appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e West Branch \u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Phillip received his MFA in Writing as a Chancellor's Graduate Fellow at the Washington University in St. Louis. He is the poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eVinyl Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174944096496,"sku":"9781938584312","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938584312_p0.jpg?v=1763663638","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938584312","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}