{"product_id":"good-grief-the-ground","title":"Good Grief The Ground","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Ray is pulling back the curtains on our societal performance of culture, guiding an exposing light to the daily performance that is life in a womans body.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSelected by Stephanie Burt as the winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, Rays \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood Grief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe Ground\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates the everyday violences nonchalantly inflicted unto women through personal, political, and national lenses. Moving between adolescence and adulthood, Ray alternates between dark humor and heart-wrenching honesty to explore grief, anxiety, queer longing, girlhood, escape from an abusive relationship, and the dangers of lending language to a thing.  With stunning wit and precision and attention, we see Ray show us what it is to be human: the mess of tenderness and darkness and animosity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOut of the heavy Florida dusk, out of peach juice and late-night swimming pool break-ins and glances across grocery store aisles come these completely captivating poems. In the words of Stephanie Burt: Come and see. Take care. Dive in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308400517502,"sku":"NW9781950774845","price":12.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781950774845.jpg?v=1778578644","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/good-grief-the-ground","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}