{"product_id":"inflatable-ball-by-steve-orth","title":"Inflatable Ball, by Steve Orth","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen one finds themself at a loss for anything meaningful to say, it might be a good time to stay quiet and observe. But not if you're Steve Orth. If you are Steve Orth, you just open your mouth and begin speaking a story without any consideration of the facts or conventional logic. \u003cem\u003eInflatable Ball\u003c\/em\u003e is Orth's wild speech, a testament to his ability to make up some weird ass shit leading you into a world full of grocery store employees, sad bad dads, bakers, robots, overlords, moms, small woodland creatures, plant enthusiasts, drug dealers, and poets.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInflatable Ball\u003c\/em\u003e is the latest from Oakland, CA's Steve Orth, his first collection since the release of his full-length epic \u003cem\u003eThe Life \u0026amp; Times of Steve Orth\u003c\/em\u003e (Dogpark Collective, 2020). \u003cem\u003eInflatable Ball\u003c\/em\u003e finds Orth returning to the world of poetry and combining the poetic tradition using improvisational theater techniques in his compositions. The result is 13 hilarious, depraved, confused, horny, pathetic, misinformed, biting poems. Strange stuff for strange times, indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteve Orth is a poet based out of Oakland, CA. His first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Life \u0026amp; Times of Steve Orth\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Dogpark Collective in 2020. His recent work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eHot Pink Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAfternoon Visitor\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ethe Bullshit Lit Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTrilobite\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543273554098,"sku":"INFLSO","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543273586866,"sku":"INFLSOe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/inflatablefront.png?v=1780354831","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/inflatable-ball-by-steve-orth","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}