{"product_id":"texas-being-9781595342928","title":"Texas Being","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTexas, Being: A State of Poems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e collects more than forty-five poems from a beautiful and brutal state. Some are about the music of their languages. Some speak to the dead, some to the sun, and others to omissions of history. One concerns a hedgehog cactus, and another a roller rink. From “Happy, Texas” to “Palestine, TX,” from seashores to skeletons to Selena, all are in one way or another about Texas, but good poems are always about more than one thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected by Jenny Browne, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2017 poet laureate of Texas,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e these poems draw a picture of one of America’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evastly sublime \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyet most audaciously independent corners. In these diverse voices, the state is a lovely and painful contradiction of space and meaning. Texas is a place “where blind catfish cruise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand wild asters grow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s a frame of mind where Jenn\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Trinity University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50090076569943,"sku":"9781595342928","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781595342928.jpg?v=1740815635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/texas-being-9781595342928","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}