{"product_id":"the-keys-to-the-jail-9781938160264","title":"The Keys to the Jail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Keys to the Jail\u003c\/i\u003e asks the question of who is to blame for all we've lost, calling us to reexamine the harsh words of failed love, the aging of a once-beautiful body, even our own voracious desires. Keetje Kuipers is a poet of daring leaps and unflinching observations, whose richly textured lyrics travel from Montana's great wildernesses to the ocean-fogged streets of San Francisco as they search out the heart that's lost its way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolores Park\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the flattening California dusk, \u003cbr\u003ewomen gather under palms with their bags \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof bottles and cans. The grass is feathered\u003cbr\u003ewith the trash of the day, paper napkins \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eblowing across the legs of those who still\u003cbr\u003edrown on a patchwork of blankets. Shirtless \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the phosphorescent gloom of streetlamps, \u003cbr\u003ethey lie suspended. This is my one good \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife--watching the exchange of embraces, \u003cbr\u003ecounting the faces assembled outside \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe ice-cream shop, sweet tinge of urine by\u003cbr\u003ethe bridge above the tracks, broken bike lock \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the gay couple's hands, desperate clapping\u003cbr\u003eof dark pigeons--who will take it from me? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry, \u003cb\u003eKeetje Kuipers\u003c\/b\u003e's debut collection, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful in the Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e, won the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. She has been the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Resident, and is currently an assistant professor at Auburn University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4783252\"\u003eKeetje Kuipers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938160264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938160266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM007000\"\u003eAnger (see also Self-Help | Self Management | Anger Manageme\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeetje Kuipers is a native of the Northwest. She earned her B.A. at Swarthmore College and her M.F.A. at the University of Oregon. She has been the recipient of a number of fellowships, including those from the Vermont Studio Center, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, and Oregon Literary Arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2007 Keetje completed her tenure as the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Resident, which provided her with seven months of solitude in Oregon's Rogue River Valley. She used her time there to complete work on her book, Beautiful in the Mouth, which was awarded the 2009 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize and was published in 2010 by BOA Editions. It contains poems previously published in Prairie Schooner, West Branch, Willow Springs, and AGNI, among others. You can also listen to her read her work--which has been nominated seven years in a row for the Pushcart Prize--at the online audio archive From the Fishouse. Keetje's second book, The Keys to the Jail, is forthcoming from BOA Editions in the spring of 2014, and contains poems previously published in American Poetry Review, Jubilat, and the Indiana Review. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKeetje was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University from 2009-2011, and she was the Emerging Writing Lecturer at Gettysburg College from 2011-2012. Currently she is an Assistant Professor at Auburn University where she lives with her family and their dog, Bishop (named after Elizabeth, of course).","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43893573025931,"sku":"9781938160264","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_85b81e7c-ff7e-4486-b82d-447dbf6a56c8.jpg?v=1756136562","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-keys-to-the-jail-9781938160264","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}