{"product_id":"birth-center-in-corporate-woods-9781625571557","title":"Birth Center in Corporate Woods","description":"The poems in BJ Soloy's \u003ci\u003eBirth Center in Corporate Woods\u003c\/i\u003e use long, contorting lines and elliptical connections to wade through the collisions of love, eros, loss, irony, pop culture, and late capitalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From city to city and year to year, these poems trace landscapes personal, cultural, and physical as they-- in turn-- burn down before our eyes and then desperately, haltingly, try to return. At its galloping heart, BJ Soloy's collection is an overheard intimate conversation. Sure, there are TVs and jukeboxes and increasingly frantic bickering jibes in the background-- and the tour guide cinematographer is in a fugue state, dragging the reader from emergency room to hotel room, then behind the wheel of a limping Ford, then inside a dive bar, cradling an infant, writing a dirty letter, never quite falling asleep-- but they eventually deliver us to a way station where honest elegy and Guy Fieri can not only coexist, but snuggle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Equal parts smartass deconstruction and living elegy, BJ Soloy's latest collection is personal, risky, and ultimately very human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9118035\"\u003eBj Soloy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Lawrence Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625571557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1625571550\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-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\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-POE023010\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Death, Grief, Loss\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-POE023050\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Family\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBJ Soloy is the author of \u003ci\u003eBirth Center in Corporate Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur Pornography \u0026amp; other disaster songs\u003c\/i\u003e, and the chapbook \u003ci\u003eSelected Letters\u003c\/i\u003e. From St. Louis, MO, he's lived in Lawrence, KS, Chicago, Kansas City, and Missoula, MT. He's taught at a load of places, mostly community colleges, and just saw a coyote this morning. With his partner, son, and too many domesticated familiars, he now lives and dies in Des Moines, IA, home of the Whatever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Lawrence Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48456302461165,"sku":"9781625571557","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_d5e8b82b-f346-4bd3-ad91-aae121614982.jpg?v=1753552539","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/birth-center-in-corporate-woods-9781625571557","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}