{"product_id":"son-of-a-bird-paperback","title":"Son of a Bird - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNin Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSon of a Bird is a provocative encounter of girlhood, farm life and longing, hauntings and huntings, the self's instability, and the place where desire and the strange\/unusual\/unconventional\/ meet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSon of a Bird\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir in the tradition of Dorothy Allison and Flannery O'Connor. Surrounded by farm hands and wild, lush isolation, due to constant eye surgeries, the youngest of six children, Nin Andrews observes the world at a tilt. In this collection of prose poems, hunted by death and the brutalities of farm life, Andrews begins to connect the small black dots of her upbringing--her father's relationships with men, her mother's autism, and the burdens of childhood awakenings--ultimately cracking through the shadows that haunt her.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNin Andrews is the author of the six chapbooks and ten full-length poetry collections including, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Orgasm\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), Miss August (2017), and \u003ci\u003eWhy God is a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). She is the recipient of two Ohio individual artists grants, the Pearl Chapbook prize, The Kent State University Chapbook contest, and the Gerald Cable Award. Her book, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Comfort\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Forward Prize for Poetry 2010, and her collection, \u003ci\u003eWhy God is a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e won the Ohiona Prize for Poetry in 2016. Her work has been featured in numerous journals and anthologies including \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, Agni, The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, four editions of \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry, Great American Prose Poems from Poe to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Erotic Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. Known as the queen of orgasms, her erotic poetry has been translated into Turkish, performed in Prague and anthologized in the England, Australia, and Mongolia. She is also the editor of a book of translations of the Belgian writer, Henri Michaux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47192965185785,"sku":"9798988198598","price":18.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NcEcFcwATn9798988198598.webp?v=1767902560","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/son-of-a-bird-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}