{"product_id":"insideout-selected-poems-9780872865778","title":"Inside\/Out: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarilyn Buck was a committed political radical, imprisoned for over thirty years for her revolutionary activities. She was also a prolific writer and poet, publishing her work in a prize-winning chapbook, an audio CD and in various journals and anthologies. She received a PEN American Center prize for poetry in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuck was released from prison less than a month before her death at age sixty-two from uterine cancer. This selection of her finest poetry is a living testament to the fierce intelligence and huge compassion that inspired and informed her life, and to the transcendence of her poetic vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an important book on so many levels . . . it models a degree of resistance most of us are never called upon to develop.\"\u003cem\u003e--Ms. Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Though it is unclear from Buck's writing what place organized religion had for her after she left home, these pages contain prayers, answers, wise and generous gifts.\"\u003cem\u003e--The Rumpus\u003c\/em\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-2802050\"\u003eMarilyn Buck\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\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 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872865778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872865770\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-POE023000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | 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-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarilyn Jean Buck\u003c\/strong\u003e was an American Marxist revolutionary and feminist poet, who was imprisoned for over 30 years for her political activities. She was released on July 15, 2010, less than a month before her death at age 62 from uterine cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile in prison, Buck contributed articles on women in prison, solitary confinement, political prisoners and related issues to \u003cem\u003eSojourners Magazine, Monthly Review\u003c\/em\u003e and other journals and anthologies. She published her poetry in journals, anthologies, a chapbook and an audio CD. She received a PEN American Center prize for poetry in 2001. Her poems appeared in the anthologies \u003cem\u003eHauling Up the Morning, Wall Tappings, Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth, Seeds of Fire, \u003c\/em\u003e and in her chapbook, \u003cem\u003eRescue the Word.\u003c\/em\u003e Her poems appear on the audio CD \u003cem\u003eWild Poppies\u003c\/em\u003e (Freedom Archives 2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer translations and introduction to Cristina Peri Rossi's poetry appeared in \u003cem\u003eState of Exile, Number 58\u003c\/em\u003e in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Meltzer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet associated with both the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance. A pioneer of jazz poetry readings, Meltzer also formed a psychedelic folk-rock group. He continues to perform with the music and poetry review, Rockpile. He has edited many anthologies, including San Francisco Beat: Talking with the Poets (City Lights, 2001), and has published 11 erotic novels. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eWhen I Was a Poet, Number 60\u003c\/em\u003e in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series. He also taught for many years in the poetics program at New College of California. In 2005, Penguin Books published David's \u003cem\u003eCopy: The Selected Poems of David Meltzer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44702898716909,"sku":"9780872865778","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_979ec6db-d2ef-47b4-a9e8-df02c1d114e4.jpg?v=1703894133","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/insideout-selected-poems-9780872865778","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}