{"product_id":"trying-to-be-a-person-9780997940404","title":"Trying to Be a Person","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat strikes me most about the poems in \u003ci\u003eTrying to Be a Person\u003c\/i\u003e is how they've found their place in the family of American poetry. Descendants of Dickinson and Whitman-the grandparents of modern poetry-his poems pay homage to family members as diverse, and yet as similar, as Allen Ginsberg and Marshall Mathers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn one poem, I hear the echo of William Carlos Williams, but instead of so much depending upon a red wheelbarrow, it's a \u003ci\u003ered dress\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ered sweater\u003c\/i\u003e falling over a girl's hips. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcMasters says, \u003ci\u003emaybe I'll learn something, \u003c\/i\u003e and he does in every poem, using whatever's around him, taking his readers along. Even though he claims, \u003ci\u003eI don't look for the divine, \u003c\/i\u003e he finds it, feet firmly planted in everyday experiences, holding \u003ci\u003eplanets in my back pocket.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Antonio Vallone, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Editor at Pennsylvania English \u0026amp; Publisher at MAMMOTH books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesley Scott McMasters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Words Dance Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997940404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWesley Scott McMasters is from rural Pennsylvania and always will be. He writes, teaches, and is an editor for \u003ci\u003eRed Flag Press.\u003c\/i\u003e He has a handful of poems and fiction pieces scattered across the internet and in a few print publications, including \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania English.\u003c\/i\u003e He aspires to someday have a large garden and a full glass of good bourbon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Words Dance Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40635268759667,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3bafd6d4-81c9-43b6-8846-fdc0279fc648.jpg?v=1671813041","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/trying-to-be-a-person-9780997940404","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}