{"product_id":"trying-to-be-a-person-paperback","title":"Trying to Be a Person - 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\u003eWesley Scott McMasters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat strikes me most about the poems in \u003ci\u003eTrying to Be a Person\u003c\/i\u003e is how they've found their place in the family of American poetry. Descendants of Dickinson and Whitman-the grandparents of modern poetry-his poems pay homage to family members as diverse, and yet as similar, as Allen Ginsberg and Marshall Mathers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn one poem, I hear the echo of William Carlos Williams, but instead of so much depending upon a red wheelbarrow, it's a \u003ci\u003ered dress\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ered sweater\u003c\/i\u003e falling over a girl's hips. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcMasters says, \u003ci\u003emaybe I'll learn something, \u003c\/i\u003e and he does in every poem, using whatever's around him, taking his readers along. Even though he claims, \u003ci\u003eI don't look for the divine, \u003c\/i\u003e he finds it, feet firmly planted in everyday experiences, holding \u003ci\u003eplanets in my back pocket.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Antonio Vallone, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Editor at Pennsylvania English \u0026amp; Publisher at MAMMOTH books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWesley Scott McMasters is from rural Pennsylvania and always will be. He writes, teaches, and is an editor for \u003ci\u003eRed Flag Press.\u003c\/i\u003e He has a handful of poems and fiction pieces scattered across the internet and in a few print publications, including \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania English.\u003c\/i\u003e He aspires to someday have a large garden and a full glass of good bourbon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350766436601,"sku":"9780997940404","price":16.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NWRpM2RiOGdGcUVTY3ZUUnNrTkdsZz09.webp?v=1769790196","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/trying-to-be-a-person-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}