{"product_id":"exit-civilian-poems-9780820343488","title":"Exit, Civilian: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her second collection, Idra Novey steps in and out of jails, courthouses, and caves to explore what confinement means in the twenty-first century. From the beeping doors of a prison in New York to cellos playing in a former jail in Chile, she looks at prisons that have opened, closed, and transformed to examine how the stigma of incarceration has altered American families, including her own. Novey writes of the expanding prison complex that was once a field and imagines what's next for the civilians who enter and exit it each day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Bafflement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe drew a prison in the sand and it wouldn't go away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot even beneath the foam of the biggest waves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe torn leg of a starfish clung to the door. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA piece of seaweed clung to the bars over the windows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tide came in higher and we thought, So much for the prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomebody asked why did we draw that thing, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd were we growing old watching it this way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe felt compelled to make love in the sand a few feet off. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen we drew another one, just to see if we'd make love again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820343488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2012 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2012 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Idra Novey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644765630620,"sku":"9780820343488","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3319dd5f-607c-4fc5-9105-f8eec5462c5d.jpg?v=1603859423","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/exit-civilian-poems-9780820343488","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}