{"product_id":"what-to-miss-when-poems-9781593766979","title":"What to Miss When: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems about pop culture, mortality, and the internet, written during the Coronavirus pandemic--for readers who are more likely to double-tap Instapoems than put their phone down long enough to read \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Decameron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCatalyzed by sheltering in place and by a personal challenge to give up alcohol for thirty days, Leigh Stein, the poet laureate of \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor\u003c\/i\u003e, has written a twenty-first-century \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e to frame modern fables. \u003ci\u003eWhat to Miss When\u003c\/i\u003e makes mischief of reality TV and wellness influencers, juicy thoughtcrimes and love languages, and the mixed messages of contemporary feminism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Think Starlight,\" the first poem in this collection, written before any self-quarantine orders, imagined the likelihood that the United States would follow in Italy's footsteps in terms of caseload and hospital overwhelm. By March 17, 2020, the imagined was the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e New York City had closed schools, bars, and restaurants--with the rest of the country close behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith nihilist humor and controlled despair, \u003ci\u003eWhat to Miss When\u003c\/i\u003e explores fears of death and grocery shopping, stress cleaning and drinking, celebrities behaving badly, everything we took for granted, and life mediated by screens--with dissociation-via-internet, and looking for mirrors in a fourteenth-century pandemic text, a kind of survival response to living casually through catastrophe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13082735\"\u003eLeigh Stein\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593766979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593766971\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-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\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-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO005000\"\u003eEntertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeigh Stein \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of five books including the novel \u003ci\u003eSelf Care \u003c\/i\u003eand the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eDispatch from the Future.\u003c\/i\u003e She has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Allure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a recipient of an Amy Award from \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Cut\u003c\/i\u003e named her poet laureate of \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832984273035,"sku":"9781593766979","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_26463bfd-aa3e-4ab6-b86d-2bcc3ed1b888.jpg?v=1755628576","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/what-to-miss-when-poems-9781593766979","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}