{"product_id":"making-a-living-poems-9781571315656","title":"Making a Living: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant and lithe collection of poems making space for the resolve and hope of motherhood amid consumerist dreams and nightmares.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsumerism--its privations and raptures--seeps into all aspects of contemporary life. \"Who knows me \/ as the search bar does, which holds \/ sacred its grasp of me \/ as a creature of habit?\" probes Rosalie Moffett, reckoning with algorithms, with marketing and capital. But\u003ci\u003e Making a Living \u003c\/i\u003eisn't just about the trappings of materialism--it's also about the fraught trials of trying to bring forth life in a double-dealing America where all sources are suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShrewdly balancing the likes of Scrooge McDuck and HGTV, ancient Roman haruspicy and the latest pregnancy technologies, this collection arcs ultimately toward reinhabiting the present, refusing to look away--on seeing as a method of prayer and a power against capitalism's threats to love, motherhood, reverence, and nature. Vigilant and profane, gentle and generous, full of desire and cunning, Moffett's poetry is a singular entry in our conversations around enduring modern life and daring to make new life in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571315656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96","brand":"Rosalie Moffett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45038215626933,"sku":"9781571315656","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_df8de010-b288-400b-882f-809e92afe2b4.jpg?v=1737475115","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/making-a-living-poems-9781571315656","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}