{"product_id":"it-becomes-you-9781555976323","title":"It Becomes You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dobby Gibson's poetry . . . is equal parts tender, triumphant, exhilarating, disturbing, and thought provoking: it's fantastic.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Corresponder\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Shortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eBeliever \u003c\/i\u003ePoetry Award * \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the backs of the books I love and am terrified by, \u003cbr\u003ethe great thinkers stare back at me\u003cbr\u003ewith little encouragement.\u003cbr\u003eI am prepared to follow them anywhere!\u003cbr\u003e --from \"Ago\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeditative, lyrical, aphoristic, and always leavened with a wry wit, the poems in Dobby Gibson's \u003ci\u003eIt Becomes You\u003c\/i\u003e explore the divergent conditions by which we're perpetually defined--the daily weather, the fluctuations of the Dow, the growth of a cancer cell, the politics of the day. What surrounds us becomes us, Gibson suggests, in a book that will ultimately become you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.09w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dobby Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51990873669813,"sku":"9781555976323","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_65ab1532-7b59-4a1b-8f4b-c32f9df9ffdd.jpg?v=1762838134","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/it-becomes-you-9781555976323","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}