{"product_id":"a-witchs-education-9780999713853","title":"A Witch's Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith lyrical malevolence, Serafina Bersonsage chronicles the evolution and dissolution of a literary critic-cum-storybook villain. Frustrated with the Midwest, the titular witch flees a small town for the even smaller world of academia, where she develops a crush on a dead poet and has a date in a psych ward and renames herself at a rest stop Starbucks, before venturing deep into the woods.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese poems pair well with poisoned apples and a full-bodied red.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSMALL TOWN WITCH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell before I cast a spell\u003cbr\u003e they made a witch of me\u003cbr\u003e an only child in a school of sisters\u003cbr\u003e a wannabe Catholic turned heretic\u003cbr\u003e a lonely prodigy\u003cbr\u003e so my teacher said\u003cbr\u003e staring down my shirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was a witch every Halloween\u003cbr\u003e but a vampire in first grade\u003cbr\u003e on a random bored Tuesday, when I started\u003cbr\u003e that particular rumor and caused a panic.\u003cbr\u003e Two children were inconsolable;\u003cbr\u003e the principal, furious.\u003cbr\u003e My mother just poured more wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI started learning languages --\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eserpiente\u003c\/em\u003e -- and was curious\u003cbr\u003e about Communion, and couldn't wait \u003cbr\u003e to taste --\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eMela, melas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My mother taught me early about palindromes\u003cbr\u003e in this our Salem\u003cbr\u003e where the schoolyard held my gallows, where I flew so that I would not swing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12604668\"\u003eSerafina Bersonsage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999713853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 099971385X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Emp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581741920493,"sku":"9780999713853","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_638f9f20-a6f7-498b-ab7b-3b9111feb3b8.jpg?v=1702093950","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-witchs-education-9780999713853","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}