{"product_id":"perfect-dirt-keegan-lester-9781952271298","title":"Perfect Dirt: And Other Things I've Gotten Wrong","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecounted with humor and honesty, Lester invites us into his life as he struggles with masculinity and searches for a place where he fits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Words have meaning and meaning evolves over time. In \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e, Keegan Lester drags us through his failure to grasp the meaning that always seems to be just beyond his fingertips. These lyrical vignettes depict a lifelong search for home, identity, and the language to say the things we wish we could tell people in the moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in Southern California to parents who had migrated from West Virginia and South Florida, Lester spent summers with his grandparents in Morgantown, which instilled a deep anchor of place that continued to call to him, an Appalachian at heart even while living in New York City as a poet. As small successes started to come his way--a book and numerous tours--so did crises. Lester's father, meanwhile, experiencing his own life crisis, embarked on a journey to sail the Caribbean. Both end up lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part memoir, part tour diary, part homage to the places and people who have made him who he is, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e digs into the sometimes painful, sometimes jubilant questions of identity and success. This is a book searching to better understand the world and our place in it, the family we're born into, and the family we make along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHear the author read an excerpt from the \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keegan Lester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952271290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952271298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 4.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2021","brand":"Keegan Lester","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043445403903,"sku":"9781952271298","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd09709b-d148-4fc4-8c7b-eb3046678184.jpg?v=1684967194","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perfect-dirt-keegan-lester-9781952271298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}