{"product_id":"dry-swallow-lucas-baisch-9781350291706","title":"Dry Swallow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTook me twenty years, from fetus to fuck-up, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto know what weight looked like, what\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eweight feels like, what weight makes a body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003edo in place of freedom.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSitting within the confines of a shipping container, people are rendered commodity and turf is marked for value. Chula and Pal create competition on a Boyle Heights street corner. Nasir and Porter offer medicinal intake as artistic practice. Sik and Dori turn to drastic measures in order to save their family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDry Swallow \u003c\/i\u003eexplores surrogacy, consumption, and substance abuse, while provoking the question: who's allowed a healthy life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucas Baisch's play was the recipient of The Kennedy Center's KCACTF 2020 Latinx Playwriting Award, the Princess Grace Award in Playwriting (2021) and the Chesley\/Bumbalo Award in Playwriting (2021).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucas Baisch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350291706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350291706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Lucas Baisch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945842082047,"sku":"9781350291706","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_00669dc4-a096-4968-bf7e-3bd40bf9e5f9.jpg?v=1681510069","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dry-swallow-lucas-baisch-9781350291706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}