{"product_id":"unlocked-andru-defeye-9798316183333","title":"unlocked: the laureate years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUNLOCKED \/\/ THE LAUREATE YEARS\u003c\/i\u003e is a dangerously authentic poetry memoir of what might be the strangest five years of America from one of the most unorthodox voices in the modern poetic canon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I didn't set out to write a book. I set out to write \u003ci\u003esomething true\u003c\/i\u003e-again and again-for five years straight and this is what showed up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems come from street corners and protests. From breakups and funerals. 3am conversations and two years of solitude. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of these poems got printed in newspapers or read on TV. Some were written while high eating cereal in my boxers. Some got standing ovations. Some got me cussed out. Some still feel unfinished. But they're all in here.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndru Defeye\u003c\/b\u003e is a nationally recognized poet, TEDx speaker, cultural strategist, and community architect who served as the Poet Laureate of Sacramento from 2020 to 2024. Known for blending street wisdom with spiritual depth, Defeye's work spans stages, protests, classrooms, and cultural institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2022, he was awarded a prestigious Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship for his work using poetry as a tool for public healing, resistance, and joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis TEDx talk, \u003ci\u003e\"Pronouncing Love Right: Ice Cream and Fragile Masculinity,\"\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the bold vulnerability and genre-defying presence that defines his voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounder of numerous creative platforms and poetic movements, Defeye's work lives at the intersection of art, action, and unapologetic truth. \u003ci\u003eUNLOCKED \/\/ the laureate years\u003c\/i\u003e is his first full-length collection-raw, unfiltered, and entirely his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andru Defeye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798316183333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d","brand":"Andru Defeye","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425497563391,"sku":"9798316183333","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79bd2a20-b459-481b-950d-d9f23297ebd7.jpg?v=1761539634","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unlocked-andru-defeye-9798316183333","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}