{"product_id":"python-with-a-dog-inside-it-9781625571755","title":"Python with a Dog Inside It","description":"Set on the marshlands of working-class southern New Jersey, \u003ci\u003ePython with a Dog Inside It\u003c\/i\u003e, the debut collection by poet Max McDonough, traces the tangled story of two gay brothers as they endeavor to survive their mother's erratic and escalating violence. They retreat to the privacy of suburban woods and swamps, a world of their own glimmering with ruin and possibility: abandoned furniture, mud-caked jewelry, a time machine. The poems in this collection occupy, as Judith Herman describes it, the space between \"the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud.\" Ultimately, \u003ci\u003ePython with a Dog Inside It\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a story of survival, but one of redemption. By proclaiming the events of a particular, harrowing childhood, McDonough invents a future beyond it, one marked by radical openness, hope's flame brighter for the darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17334181\"\u003eMax McDonough\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Lawrence Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625571755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1625571755\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-POE021000\"\u003eLGBTQ+\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\u003eMax McDonough's debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003ePython with a Dog Inside It\u003c\/i\u003e, won the St. Lawrence Book Award from Black Lawrence Press. His poetry has been published in \u003ci\u003eAGNI, Ecotone, Northwest Review, Best New Poets, The Adroit Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, including a Boys in the Band crossover feature in \u003ci\u003eT Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, guest edited by Danez Smith. His prose has been nominated for a James Beard Award, and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Food52\u003c\/i\u003e, and Flipboard's ' 10 for Today, ' among others. He earned his MFA from Vanderbilt University and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Lawrence Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48456302395629,"sku":"9781625571755","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_f40d16d9-d15f-4c19-8479-4631c842b694.jpg?v=1753552536","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/python-with-a-dog-inside-it-9781625571755","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}