{"product_id":"calling-a-wolf-a-wolf-9781938584671","title":"Calling a Wolf a Wolf","description":"\u003cp\u003e2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Gold Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2018 Levis Reading Prize Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2017 Julie Suk Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2017 Nautilus Silver Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2017 Florida Book Award Gold Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2018 First Horizon Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2017 John C. Zacharis First Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2018 Montaigne Medal Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2017 NPR Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2017 Library Journal Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2017 Entropy Magazine Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2017 The Coil Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2017 Interview Best Book of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAddiction. Recovery. Repeat. Akbar blazes the poetry scene with this introspective, powerful, and passionate debut.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis highly-anticipated debut boldly confronts addiction and courses the strenuous path of recovery, beginning in the wilds of the mind. Poems confront craving, control, the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety, and the questioning of the self and its instincts within the context of this never-ending fight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \"Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometimes you just have to leave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhatever's real to you, you have to clomp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethrough fields and kick the caps off\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eall the toadstools. Sometimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eyou have to march all the way to Galilee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eor the literal foot of God himself before you realize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eyou've already passed the place where\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eyou were supposed to die. I can no longer remember\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe being afraid, only that it came to an end.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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-10693889\"\u003eKaveh Akbar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938584671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938584678\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-POE013000\"\u003eMiddle Eastern\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-POE003000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Inspirational \u0026amp; Religious\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaveh Akbar\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eDivedapper\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems appear recently or soon in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Poetry, APR, Tin House, PBS NewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCalling a Wolf a Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e (Alice James 2017) and the chapbook \u003ci\u003ePortrait of the Alcoholic\u003c\/i\u003e (Sibling Rivalry). The recipient of a 2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, Kaveh was born in Tehran, Iran, and currently lives and teaches in Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44478502666477,"sku":"9781938584671","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1d4b1879-5eb2-45a5-9494-9caed54cfa0b.jpg?v=1700716073","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/calling-a-wolf-a-wolf-9781938584671","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}