{"product_id":"the-keys-to-the-jail-9781938160264","title":"The Keys to the Jail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Keys to the Jail\u003c\/i\u003e asks the question of who is to blame for all we've lost, calling us to reexamine the harsh words of failed love, the aging of a once-beautiful body, even our own voracious desires. Keetje Kuipers is a poet of daring leaps and unflinching observations, whose richly textured lyrics travel from Montana's great wildernesses to the ocean-fogged streets of San Francisco as they search out the heart that's lost its way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolores Park\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the flattening California dusk, \u003cbr\u003ewomen gather under palms with their bags \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof bottles and cans. The grass is feathered\u003cbr\u003ewith the trash of the day, paper napkins \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eblowing across the legs of those who still\u003cbr\u003edrown on a patchwork of blankets. Shirtless \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the phosphorescent gloom of streetlamps, \u003cbr\u003ethey lie suspended. This is my one good \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife--watching the exchange of embraces, \u003cbr\u003ecounting the faces assembled outside \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe ice-cream shop, sweet tinge of urine by\u003cbr\u003ethe bridge above the tracks, broken bike lock \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the gay couple's hands, desperate clapping\u003cbr\u003eof dark pigeons--who will take it from me? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry, \u003cb\u003eKeetje Kuipers\u003c\/b\u003e's debut collection, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful in the Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e, won the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. She has been the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Resident, and is currently an assistant professor at Auburn University.\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\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938160264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2014 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Keetje Kuipers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671309643932,"sku":"9781938160264","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8116db17-761d-4fae-978a-12b4ac53fbd5.jpg?v=1603925060","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-keys-to-the-jail-9781938160264","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}