{"product_id":"dead-weight-9780810144637","title":"Dead Weight","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChronicles the improbable turnaround of a drug smuggler who, after being sentenced to eight years in state prison, returned to society to earn a PhD in creative writing and become a tenured professor. Horton's essays highlight the difficulties of trying to change one's life for the better, how the weight of felony convictions never dissipates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. The Protagonist in Somebody Else's Melodrama \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. November 2nd and a Mother's Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDead Weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerception Versus Reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan Poetry Save a Life?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChange, Changed .Or. Changing?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd So, It's Complicated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoet-In-Residence: Motivation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1303 T Street: Collateral Damage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlorida Turnpike Via 6th and Chesapeake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchetypes and Disaster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Day in the Life of Cell 23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReevaluation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527796498775,"sku":"9780810144637","price":20.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810144637.jpg?v=1731869278","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dead-weight-9780810144637","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}