{"product_id":"a-witchs-education-serafina-bersonsage-9780999713853","title":"A Witch's Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith lyrical malevolence, Serafina Bersonsage chronicles the evolution and dissolution of a literary critic-cum-storybook villain. Frustrated with the Midwest, the titular witch flees a small town for the even smaller world of academia, where she develops a crush on a dead poet and has a date in a psych ward and renames herself at a rest stop Starbucks, before venturing deep into the woods.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese poems pair well with poisoned apples and a full-bodied red.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSMALL TOWN WITCH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell before I cast a spell\u003cbr\u003e they made a witch of me\u003cbr\u003e an only child in a school of sisters\u003cbr\u003e a wannabe Catholic turned heretic\u003cbr\u003e a lonely prodigy\u003cbr\u003e so my teacher said\u003cbr\u003e staring down my shirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was a witch every Halloween\u003cbr\u003e but a vampire in first grade\u003cbr\u003e on a random bored Tuesday, when I started\u003cbr\u003e that particular rumor and caused a panic.\u003cbr\u003e Two children were inconsolable;\u003cbr\u003e the principal, furious.\u003cbr\u003e My mother just poured more wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI started learning languages --\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eserpiente\u003c\/em\u003e -- and was curious\u003cbr\u003e about Communion, and couldn't wait \u003cbr\u003e to taste --\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eMela, melas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My mother taught me early about palindromes\u003cbr\u003e in this our Salem\u003cbr\u003e where the schoolyard held my gallows, where I flew so that I would not swing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Serafina Bersonsage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 099971385X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999713853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Serafina Bersonsage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066502902015,"sku":"9780999713853","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8e1e12e-3759-499c-98e3-d31e56aea48a.jpg?v=1685407662","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-witchs-education-serafina-bersonsage-9780999713853","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}