{"product_id":"it-broke-anyway-paperback","title":"It Broke Anyway - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eApril Michelle Bratten\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApril Michelle Bratten\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Marrero, Louisiana. She received her Bachelor's degree in English Literature from Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. April was a finalist for the Best of the Net award in 2009 and was nominated again in 2010. She was also nominated for the 2010 Pushcart Prize. Her work has been widely published in both print and online, including the journals \u003ci\u003eIstanbul Literary Review, Santa Fe Literary Review, San Pedro River Review, Southeast Review, Gutter Eloquence, Kill Poet, The Orange Room Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDark Sky Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e among others. She co-edits and writes book reviews for the online literary journal \u003ci\u003eUp the Staircase Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, which can be found at www.upthestaircase.org \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bratten's cunning parallels, chilling narratives, and haunting endings remind us what breaks is often more epochal than what remains intact.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRebecca Schumejda\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eCadillac Men\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"April Michelle Bratten blasts in with her potent, no-holds barred tongue and obliterates the marrow of the insulated inertia, uncorks the rabid subterfuge of day-to-day existence and lures us like a river into deep rapids.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMeg Tuite\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eDomestic Apparition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDisparate Pathos\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With this book, April Michelle Bratten has let her truest colors burn bright. Both a vulnerable glimpse into her day to day emotional grind and a sensual coming of age, her poems take no prisoners and offer no apologies for the beautiful awkward moments that make us who we are.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Dorsey\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Girl Problems: Poems \u0026amp; Stories\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"April Michelle Bratten writes out demarcations and maps of inner journeys turned outward with a velocity of truth that sears the reader with a flame of love at the center of it all. It is an eternal fire that will free the spirit from any wreckage encountered along the route that her words will guide you on from beginning to end.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA. Razor\u003c\/b\u003e, editor\/publisher (\u003ci\u003ePunk Hostage Press\u003c\/i\u003e)\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46094254932165,"sku":"9780985557768","price":26.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/DhSRMl20cV9780985557768.webp?v=1776405402","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/it-broke-anyway-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}