{"product_id":"no-lightsabers-in-the-kitchen-john-wojtowicz-9781968610135","title":"No Lightsabers in the Kitchen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesigner's Choice Winner, The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize 2025\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Lightsabers in the Kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e explores the humor, strangeness, and gravity of parenting, partnership, and the small, meaningful rituals of everyday life. This collection is about trying to stay present, screw up a little less, and pay attention to the moments that might matter most. It's about what happens when a dad with a soft spot for ghosts, flowering shrubs, hitchhikers, and reptiles starts writing poems instead of fixing the bathroom door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e---Review Excerpts---\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"... In a world that can be confusing and difficult, Wojtowicz gives himself, his wife, his children, and you, dear reader, permission to wonder, laugh, love, explore, and imagine. You are encouraged to be followed by the moon, romance beaches, condition doorknobs, and nurse turtles, but please, no lightsabers in the kitchen- leave the ghost of you in peace.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-DIMITRI REYES, author of P\u003cem\u003eapi Pichón\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... There may not be a Jedi in his kitchen or a Millennium Falcon in his garage, but there is so much joy in the wild domesticity of these poems, you'll want to slow down from hyperdrive to enjoy them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-PETER E. MURPHY, author of \u003cem\u003eYou Too Were Once on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Full of humor and surprise, John Wojtowicz's\u003cem\u003e No Lightsabers in the Kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e humanizes the speaker by showing his loving side as a father, despite his struggles in other areas of life.... Ultimately, John's poetry invites us to reexamine our own relationships and listen and respond to the smaller voices in our circle who have the power to lift us up and keep us there.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-SHAWN R. JONES, author of \u003cem\u003eDate of Birth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Wojtowicz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1968610138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968610135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"John Wojtowicz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447287427327,"sku":"9781968610135","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60748ffd-64d2-4602-a8a2-1195d0f4ed86.jpg?v=1777230104","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-lightsabers-in-the-kitchen-john-wojtowicz-9781968610135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}