{"product_id":"cactus-as-bad-boy-susan-vespoli-9781639800964","title":"Cactus as Bad Boy","description":"Frank and funny, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCactus as Bad Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e sings in the light of a closely-observed world. In these poems Vespoli explores what it means to be a woman in modern-day America, dating again after a long marriage, finding love amidst COVID, quarantines, zoom, and the \"masked employees at Jiffy Lube.\" She moves seamlessly between the outer world and intimate revelations; when she considers how she's \"gone in and out \/ of love with the penis \/ depending on who \/ it was attached to,\" her candor makes me feel less alone. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCactus as Bad Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute delight! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Michaela Carter\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonora In the Morning Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese delicious, darkly humorous poems offer an intimate look at love, loss, solitude, kids, dogs, men, women, and the whole catastrophe. Playfully inventive in language and form, they invite us to romp and wrestle, then leave little puppy teeth marks on our heart. Love bites. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Alison Luterman, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Time of Great Fires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Vespoli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639800964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639800964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Susan Vespoli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439908139263,"sku":"9781639800964","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a6121e9-aa78-4949-8099-2ecd07c561b7.jpg?v=1777179715","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cactus-as-bad-boy-susan-vespoli-9781639800964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}