{"product_id":"the-only-worlds-we-know-9781943735600","title":"The Only Worlds We Know","description":"\u003cb\u003eMichael Lee's \u003ci\u003eThe Only Worlds We Know\u003c\/i\u003e is a staggering debut that grapples with sobriety and survival. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Only Worlds We Know\u003c\/i\u003e Lee paints a nuanced and tactile portrait of addiction, and an unflinching look at the life that is built in recovery. Having suffered unspeakable grief, these poems are patient meditations on loss and the land where the people we love have not only lived, but are also buried. \u003ci\u003eThe Only World We Know\u003c\/i\u003e is constantly looking for the \"words that carry us into the dark and then beyond it.\" Lee's work carries readers, beyond personal demons, beyond life, death, and grief, tenderly, patiently pulling us through \u003ci\u003eThe Only Worlds We Know.\u003c\/i\u003e An award winning short film of Michael Lee's poem \"Pass On\" helped to break stereotypes about poetry and pave the way for thousands of poets to broadcast their work in video as well as in print. \"How much liquor can the body hold until the body leaves itself behind?\" -- from, Out There \u003cb\u003e Advance praise for The Only Worlds We Know \u003c\/b\u003e The Only Worlds We Know is an \"act of remembering like sharpening a blade until the blade is gone.\" \u003cb\u003e-Terrance Hayes, Author of How to Be Drawn \u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lee has found new ways to write about some of the crucial subjects--love and love lost, recovery and addiction, the bullet and the pill. \u003cb\u003e -Billy Collins, US Poet Laureate and Author of Sailing Alone Around the Room \u003c\/b\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-1117498\"\u003eMichael Lee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Button Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\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 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943735600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943735603\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-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-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-POE003000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Inspirational \u0026amp; Religious\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Button Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682781565165,"sku":"9781943735600","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_77148021-2152-4970-a312-9f577f9b23a3.jpg?v=1649730262","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-only-worlds-we-know-9781943735600","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}