{"product_id":"driving-without-a-license-9781938584183","title":"Driving Without a License","description":"\u003cp\u003eJanine Joseph writes with an open and easy intimacy. The language here is at once disruptive and familiar, political and sensual, and tinged by the melancholy of loss and the discomforting radiance of redemption. A strong debut. --Chris Abani\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best way to hide is in plain sight. In this politically-charged and candid debut, we follow the chronicles of an undocumented immigrant speaker over a twenty-year span as she grows up in the foreign and forbidding landscape of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Ivan, Always Hiding: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI strained for the socket\u003cbr\u003eas you pulled me, \u003cbr\u003emy bare legs against your legs \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ein the windowless dark. The room, \u003cbr\u003esnuffed out, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ecould have been no\u003cbr\u003elarger than a freight car, \u003cbr\u003eno smaller than a box van; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewe couldn't tell anymore, the glints\u003cbr\u003ein the shellacked floor, too, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewere dulled. \u003c\/i\u003eThis is like death, \u003ci\u003eyou said, \u003cbr\u003ealways joking. I slid my head\u003cbr\u003einto the crook of your neck, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eand didn't disagree. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in the Philippines and California, \u003cb\u003eJanine Joseph \u003c\/b\u003eholds an MFA from New York University and a PhD from the University of Houston. Her poems have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHayden's Ferry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Her libretto From My Mother's Mother was performed as part of the Houston Grand Opera's Song of Houston: East + West series. A Kundiman and Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, she is an assistant professor of English at Weber State University.\u003cbr\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-9935256\"\u003eJanine Joseph\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938584183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193858418X\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-POE005060\"\u003eAmerican | Asian American \u0026amp; Pacific Islander\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-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-POE023050\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Family\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaised in the Philippines and California, Janine Joseph holds an MFA from New York University and a Ph.D. from the University of Houston. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review Online, Best New Poets, Hayden's Ferry Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. Her libretto \"From My Mother's Mother\" was performed as part of the Houston Grand Opera's \"Song of Houston: East + West\" series. A Kundiman and Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, she is an Assistant Professor of English at Weber State University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685141254381,"sku":"9781938584183","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1ebc6ae3-aa62-4625-8c7a-2d8328985206.jpg?v=1649763577","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/driving-without-a-license-9781938584183","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}