{"product_id":"good-grief-the-ground-9781950774845","title":"Good Grief, the Ground","description":"\u003cb\u003eMargaret Ray is pulling back the curtains on our societal performance of culture, guiding an exposing light to the daily performance that is life in a woman's body.\u003c\/b\u003eSelected by Stephanie Burt as the winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, Ray's \u003ci\u003eGood Grief, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe Ground\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates the everyday violences nonchalantly inflicted unto women through personal, political, and national lenses. Moving between adolescence and adulthood, Ray alternates between dark humor and heart-wrenching honesty to explore grief, anxiety, queer longing, girlhood, escape from an abusive relationship, and the dangers of lending language to a thing. With stunning wit and precision and attention, we see Ray show us what it is to be human: the mess of tenderness and darkness and animosity. Out of the heavy Florida dusk, out of peach juice and late-night swimming pool break-ins and glances across grocery store aisles come these completely captivating poems. In the words of Stephanie Burt: \"Come and see. Take care. Dive in.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950774845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104","brand":"Margaret Ray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729595895989,"sku":"9781950774845","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bd66b993-95e5-4a2e-ab70-10173be1eb86.jpg?v=1675804207","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/good-grief-the-ground-9781950774845","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}