{"product_id":"the-poet-confronts-bukowskis-ghost-paperback","title":"The Poet Confronts Bukowski's Ghost - 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\u003eKat Giordano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the night that I open my first MFA rejection letter, \u003cbr\u003e Charles Bukowski appears in the corner of my college apartment \u003cbr\u003e in stained khakis and a yellowed white undershirt, \u003cbr\u003e swirling Jim Beam in a lowball glass...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Poet Confronts Bukowski's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e is Kat Giordano's debut full-length poetry collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This book is full of cutting truths and visceral honesty, softened by the same hand that sharpened it. It's rare to find a poet who is able to so effortlessly infuse comedy and humor into serious, heart-breaking poetry, but you find that in \u003ci\u003eThe Poet Confronts Bukowski's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e. Kat's vulnerability and openness feels almost effortless, and will make everyone who reads this collection want to be braver.\" -- \u003cb\u003eCaitlyn Siehl, author of \u003ci\u003eCrybaby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Kat Giordano's work reads like the human body after a crime of passion. And you look up and realize what you have done and the poems are over and you are sitting in a pool of blood. Or is it your own tears? You will feel a wetness and a hurt, like you did not want it to be over and then it was.\" -- \u003cb\u003eHeather Bell, author of \u003ci\u003eA Horse Made of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Kat Giordano is a fearless poet of and for our troubled times. The voices in her poems struggle a lot. There's anxiety and self-doubt. There's Poet Man and MeToo and the lie of Bob Ross's fluffy evergreens - fake beauty that can lull a person into believing the world is prettier and more promising than it is. These are poems filled with speakers who know the fight for their artistic and literal survival -- however impossible it seems -- is their only option. . . What a fresh and edged voice this is. A fierce debut.\" \u003cb\u003e-- Lori Jakiela, author of \u003ci\u003eBelief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKat Giordano is a poet and massive millennial crybaby from Pennsylvania. She co-edits Philosophical Idiot and works at a law firm somehow. Her work has appeared in places like \u003ci\u003eMaudlin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e OCCULUM\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCLASH Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and CLASH Media, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as many unopened and unanswered manic Facebook messages. Kat tweets at @giordkat and sells\/promotes things on katgiordano.com. Please be nice to Kat. Batteries not included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290308358393,"sku":"9781732292208","price":17.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/91gVnBqd649781732292208.webp?v=1776282937","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-poet-confronts-bukowskis-ghost-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}