{"product_id":"it-becomes-you-dobby-gibson-9781555976323","title":"It Becomes You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dobby Gibson's poetry . . . is equal parts tender, triumphant, exhilarating, disturbing, and thought provoking: it's fantastic.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Corresponder\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Shortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eBeliever \u003c\/i\u003ePoetry Award *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the backs of the books I love and am terrified by, \u003cbr\u003ethe great thinkers stare back at me\u003cbr\u003ewith little encouragement.\u003cbr\u003eI am prepared to follow them anywhere \u003cbr\u003e --from \"Ago\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeditative, lyrical, aphoristic, and always leavened with a wry wit, the poems in Dobby Gibson's \u003ci\u003eIt Becomes You\u003c\/i\u003e explore the divergent conditions by which we're perpetually defined--the daily weather, the fluctuations of the Dow, the growth of a cancer cell, the politics of the day. What surrounds us becomes us, Gibson suggests, in a book that will ultimately become you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dobby Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555976328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.09w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013 pg. 70","brand":"Dobby Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489290899711,"sku":"9781555976323","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63a6f7f8-93d7-49e6-81df-066d468ba387.jpg?v=1736953115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-becomes-you-dobby-gibson-9781555976323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}