{"product_id":"perfect-dirt-and-other-things-ive-gotten-wrong-paperback","title":"Perfect Dirt: And Other Things I've Gotten Wrong - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeegan Lester\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecounted with humor and honesty, Lester invites us into his life as he struggles with masculinity and searches for a place where he fits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Words have meaning and meaning evolves over time. In \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e, Keegan Lester drags us through his failure to grasp the meaning that always seems to be just beyond his fingertips. These lyrical vignettes depict a lifelong search for home, identity, and the language to say the things we wish we could tell people in the moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in Southern California to parents who had migrated from West Virginia and South Florida, Lester spent summers with his grandparents in Morgantown, which instilled a deep anchor of place that continued to call to him, an Appalachian at heart even while living in New York City as a poet. As small successes started to come his way--a book and numerous tours--so did crises. Lester's father, meanwhile, experiencing his own life crisis, embarked on a journey to sail the Caribbean. Both end up lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part memoir, part tour diary, part homage to the places and people who have made him who he is, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e digs into the sometimes painful, sometimes jubilant questions of identity and success. This is a book searching to better understand the world and our place in it, the family we're born into, and the family we make along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHear the author read an excerpt from the \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWords have meaning and meaning evolves over time. In \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e, Keegan Lester drags us through his failure to grasp the meaning that always seems to be just beyond his fingertips. These lyrical vignettes depict a lifelong search for home, identity, and the language to say the things we wish we could tell people in the moment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in Southern California to parents who had migrated from West Virginia and South Florida, Lester spent summers with his grandparents in Morgantown, which instilled a deep anchor of place that continued to call to him, an Appalachian at heart even while living in New York City as a poet. As small successes started to come his way--a book and numerous tours--so did crises. Lester's father, meanwhile, experiencing his own life crisis, embarked on a journey to sail the Caribbean. Both end up lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part memoir, part tour diary, part homage to the places and people who have made him who he is, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e digs into the sometimes painful, sometimes jubilant questions of identity and success. This is a book searching to better understand the world and our place in it, the family we're born into, and the family we make along the way.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeegan Lester is the author of \u003ci\u003ethis shouldn't be beautiful but it was and it was all i had so i drew it\u003c\/i\u003e, selected by Mary Ruefle for the 2016 Slope Editions Book Prize. His writing has been published in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCutbank\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHobart\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382430679218,"sku":"9781952271298","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/28cad2cadbfb29174b7e91a29ca8826f.webp?v=1777835864","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/perfect-dirt-and-other-things-ive-gotten-wrong-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}