{"product_id":"i-was-the-jukebox-9780393339666","title":"I Was the Jukebox","description":"The winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize--\"These poems are fresh, crisp, and muscular. They are decisive and fearless. Every object, icon, or historical moment has a soul with a voice. In these poems these soulful ones elbow their way to the surface of the page, smartly into the contemporary now.\"--Joy Harjo, prize citation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e from \"The Piano Speaks\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor an hour I forgot my fat self, \u003cbr\u003e my neurotic innards, my addiction to alignment.\u003cbr\u003e For an hour I forgot my fear of rain.\u003cbr\u003e For an hour I was a salamander\u003cbr\u003e shimmying through the kelp in search of shore, \u003cbr\u003e and under his fingers the notes slid loose\u003cbr\u003e from my belly in a long jellyrope of eggs\u003cbr\u003e that took root in the mud.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandra Beasley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393339666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeasley, Sandra:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSandra Beasley\u003c\/strong\u003e is a recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment of Arts and the author of three previous poetry collections, including the Barnard Women Poets Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eI Was the Jukebox\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45215086477427,"sku":"9780393339666","price":20.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f3ecbca3-8620-46c0-a903-0f04516a88c8.jpg?v=1783687480","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/i-was-the-jukebox-9780393339666","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}