{"product_id":"9781940092065","title":"Valu-Plus","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePoetry. \"Ryan Eckes' VALU-PLUS continues his incisive, wry, sincere, \u0026amp; gorgeous examination of the city- landscape. In Eckes' work, the city—Philadelphia, specifically—cannot be contained, but is well lived in \u0026amp; observed \u0026amp; explored. There is 'a box to be gutted \/ between dollar tree and footlocker' \u0026amp; 'a worry of rowhomes the body \/ aches out of.' Place in Eckes' poems can shift its shape between the gutted box \u0026amp; the infinitely expansive—'a box \/ spraypainted \/ on the wall \/ in red \/ for stickball.' A box of air—it both is \u0026amp; is not there. \u0026amp; the city is something we are in \u0026amp; we carry with us in these wonderful poems. Their stubborn, brilliant sound will return to you as you walk down the street. VALU-PLUS is an archive, a love-letter, a political sharp edge, a report from the adjunct-field, a wondering over 'how we \/ live this country' \u0026amp; 'how to live in a fucked \/ world.'\"—Pattie McCarthy","brand":"Furniture Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49786741653744,"sku":"9781940092065","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940092065","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}