{"product_id":"rogue-astronaut-mitchell-jacobs-9781682262863","title":"Rogue Astronaut","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the core of \u003ci\u003eRogue Astronaut\u003c\/i\u003e, Mitchell Jacobs's debut poetry collection, is a mystery: Was the poet's father abducted by aliens as a teenager? From this uncanny family lore spins a gravitational field of theory, grief, and imagination, spurring speculations about the extraterrestrial as well as the terrestrial question of familial bonds: What are the limits of understanding between two alien anatomies, between two unlike minds? Are we, after all, finally alone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn poems that continually veer from play to reverence, from body horror to bodily delight, encounters with bed bugs and cuttlefish appear side by side with retro gaming and phantom light. A brother living with delusions turns toward the sky. The poet also peers skyward in search of connection--across family lines, across the body's borders, across galaxies. Outer space becomes a metaphorical terrain where queer desire and spiritual longing collide. Just as Agent Mulder's iconic \u003ci\u003eX-Files\u003c\/i\u003e poster declares \"I WANT TO BELIEVE,\" so do these poems ache to trust in something more--extraterrestrial life, divine presence, intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacobs's electrifying collection offers readers a singular voice attuned to the strangeness of living now--where science fiction and memory, tenderness and dissociation, belief and doubt pulse in tangled orbit. With wit, vision, and formal inventiveness, \u003ci\u003eRogue Astronaut\u003c\/i\u003e charts a course through the mysterious and the intimate, inviting us to imagine new ways of connecting across distance, time, and the alien terrain of self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mitchell Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682262863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682262863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Mitchell Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089512050943,"sku":"9781682262863","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78740438-7aa9-4a20-bd7c-5e59c2f04b89.jpg?v=1769110731","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rogue-astronaut-mitchell-jacobs-9781682262863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}