{"product_id":"we-borrowed-gentleness-paperback","title":"We Borrowed Gentleness - 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\u003eJ. Estanislao Lopez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Borrowed Gentleness\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates the innateness of pain and forms of destruction--through natural disaster, through God, through family, and through the power structures and patriarchal violence that embeds itself in language and cultural memory. Poems critique and challenge the patriarchal narratives that dominate American history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems leave the question open of whether man, men, a father and son, are redeemable after the surge of rising white nationalism in America. And yet, there are poems that find, still, bits of joy and perhaps a shred of hope.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy juxtaposing poems of louder narrative imagination with quieter poems that explore intimate failings within a family, often portrayed with a realist aesthetic, the book attempts to work through the essential fault in man, in men--in the structures that they design and maintain.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Estanislao Lopez\u003c\/b\u003e's poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, Adroit Journal, Boston Review, BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best New Poets, and Best of the Net. His debut collection, \u003ci\u003eWe Borrowed Gentleness\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in October 2022. He earned an MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers and lives in Houston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352218484985,"sku":"9781948579285","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cy8wVklRMG50cXdjSnNqQjFUcnJOZz09.webp?v=1769805762","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/we-borrowed-gentleness-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}