{"product_id":"routine-bloodwork-paperback","title":"Routine Bloodwork - 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\u003eColleen McKee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CHARLOTTE MEW PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"My heart is not a dove. There is nothing\/peaceful about it,\" declares the speaker in \"The Pigeon.\" Accordingly, we see the airports, schedules, and trysts that attend this restlessness. A beautifully-crafted villanelle, \"The Wayside Inn,\" anchors this chapbook and the lovers in a temporary harbor.\u003cbr\u003e-Robin Becker, judge of the Charlotte Mew Prize and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Bear Inside Me\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFierce, funny, wise, and particular, Colleen McKee's poems speak of love and loss across cities and bodies where the mind is a dryer set on \"maximum setting,\" and the words of a \"mean, cute, crazy ex...ricochet\" across the heart like a cascade of balls in a pinball machine. Like the most brazen of tightrope walkers, \u003ci\u003eRoutine Bloodwork\u003c\/i\u003e crackles and delights. \u003cbr\u003e-Hugh Behm-Steinberg, author of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Children\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough I have long admired Colleen McKee's prose and verse collections-her poems, memoirs, and stories-this is the book we've been waiting for: a complete, sustained collection of verse from a poet both technically gifted and passionate. It's sexy, witty, unnerving, tragic, and joyous. I love it.\u003cbr\u003e-Lee Foust, author of \u003ci\u003eInbetween\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 56\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46247066828997,"sku":"9781733534543","price":23.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/VPm7uOkVKv9781733534543.webp?v=1779242305","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/routine-bloodwork-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}