{"product_id":"the-end-of-pink-9781942683148","title":"The End of Pink","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2015 James Laughlin Award, Kathryn Nuernberger's \u003ci\u003eThe End of Pink \u003c\/i\u003eis populated by strange characters--Bat Boy, automatons, taxidermied mermaids, snake oil salesmen, and Benjamin Franklin--all from the annals of science and pseudoscience. Equal parts fact and folklore, these poems look to the marvelous and the weird for a way to understand childbirth, parenthood, sickness, death, and--of course--joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinding myself in a mesmeric orientation, \u003cbr\u003ebefore me appeared Benjamin Franklin, \u003cbr\u003ewho magnetized his French paramours\u003cbr\u003eat dinner parties as an amusing diversion\u003cbr\u003efrom his most serious studies of electricity\u003cbr\u003eand the ethereal fire. I like thinking about\u003cbr\u003ehow he would have stood on tiptoe to kiss\u003cbr\u003etheir buzzing lips and everyone would gasp\u003cbr\u003eand clap for the blue spark between them.\u003cbr\u003eI believe in an honest and forthright manner, \u003cbr\u003ea democracy of plain speech, so I have to\u003cbr\u003efind a way to explain I don't care to have sex\u003cbr\u003eanymore.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Nuernberger \u003c\/b\u003ehas lived in various corners of Missouri, Louisiana, Ohio, and Montana. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eRag \u0026amp; Bone \u003c\/i\u003e(Elixir Press, 2011), was a love letter to backwoods junk collectors and all of the abandoned cabins in the foothills to the Ozark Mountains. An unapologetic dilettante, she has received research fellowships from the American Antiquarian Society and The Bakken Museum of Electricity in Life to research aspects of the history of science and medicine. She currently lives in Columbia, Missouri, teaches at the University of Central Missouri, and serves as the director of Pleiades Press.\u003c\/p\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 09\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942683148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Kathryn Nuernberger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671747096732,"sku":"9781942683148","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8c179f05-0d4b-49aa-8163-386471de919a.jpg?v=1603926156","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-end-of-pink-9781942683148","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}