{"product_id":"we-are-now-the-thing-in-the-woods-by-lauren-parker","title":"We Are Now the Thing in the Woods, by Lauren Parker","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 32 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" 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 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Are Now the Thing in the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e is about transience and how roots are undone and replanted. Moving from rural to an urban area, these poems explore the delicate and brutalism of isolation, nature, danger, heartbreak, and the meaty tenderness of rebuilding tradition. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten in the years the author moved from the rural Midwest, to rural New England, to the Bay Area, \u003cem\u003eThing in the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e explores the monsters that environments force us to become, especially while on the run. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLauren Parker is a narrative poet whose work focuses on love, sex, nature, and the sharp link of human connection and isolation. She \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis a writer, zinemaker, and visual artist in Oakland, California. She’s a graduate of Hiram College’s Creative Writing program and has written for \u003cem\u003ethe Toast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Racket\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eXtra Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCatapult\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/em\u003e. She’s the winner of the Summer of Love essay contest in \u003cem\u003ethe Daily Californian\u003c\/em\u003e, the Vachel Lindsay poetry prize, and is the author of the forthcoming deck of spells with Simon Element. You can find her at her website laureneparker.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543244259506,"sku":"WEARLP","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543244292274,"sku":"WEARLPe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/woodsfront.png?v=1780354407","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/we-are-now-the-thing-in-the-woods-by-lauren-parker","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}