{"product_id":"i-know-your-kind-william-brewer-9781571314956","title":"I Know Your Kind: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected for the National Poetry Series by Ada Lim, \u003cem\u003eI Know Your Kind \u003c\/em\u003eis a haunting, blistering debut collection about the American opioid epidemic and poverty in rural Appalachia.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn West Virginia, fatal overdoses on opioids have spiked to three times the national average. In these poems, William Brewer demonstrates an immersive, devastating empathy for both the lost and the bereaved, the enabled and the enabler, the addict who knocks late at night and the brother who closes the door. He shows us the high, at once numbing and transcendent: \"this warm moment when I forget which part of me \/ I blamed.\" He shows us the overdose, when \"the poppies on my arms \/ bruised red petals.\" And he shows us the mourner, attending his high school reunion: \"I guess we were underdressed: \/ me in my surf shoes \/ you in an urn.\" Underneath and among this multiplicity of voices runs the Appalachian landscape--a location, like the experience of drug addiction itself, of stark contrasts: beauty and ruin, nature and industry, love and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncanny, heartbreaking, and often surreal, \u003cem\u003eI Know Your Kind \u003c\/em\u003eis an unforgettable elegy for the people and places that have been lost to opioids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017","brand":"William Brewer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996340388095,"sku":"9781571314956","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79ea1306-5850-482c-af05-56db67826c2a.jpg?v=1683341126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-know-your-kind-william-brewer-9781571314956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}