{"product_id":"what-to-miss-when-poems-paperback","title":"What to Miss When: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeigh Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems about pop culture, mortality, and the internet, written during the Coronavirus pandemic--for readers who are more likely to double-tap Instapoems than put their phone down long enough to read \u003ci\u003eThe Decameron\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCatalyzed by sheltering in place and by a personal challenge to give up alcohol for thirty days, Leigh Stein, the poet laureate of \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor\u003c\/i\u003e, has written a twenty-first-century \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e to frame modern fables. \u003ci\u003eWhat to Miss When\u003c\/i\u003e makes mischief of reality TV and wellness influencers, juicy thoughtcrimes and love languages, and the mixed messages of contemporary feminism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Think Starlight,\" the first poem in this collection, written before any self-quarantine orders, imagined the likelihood that the United States would follow in Italy's footsteps in terms of caseload and hospital overwhelm. By March 17, 2020, the imagined was the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e New York City had closed schools, bars, and restaurants--with the rest of the country close behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith nihilist humor and controlled despair, \u003ci\u003eWhat to Miss When\u003c\/i\u003e explores fears of death and grocery shopping, stress cleaning and drinking, celebrities behaving badly, everything we took for granted, and life mediated by screens--with dissociation-via-internet, and looking for mirrors in a fourteenth-century pandemic text, a kind of survival response to living casually through catastrophe.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeigh Stein \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of five books including the novel \u003ci\u003eSelf Care \u003c\/i\u003eand the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eDispatch from the Future.\u003c\/i\u003e She has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Allure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a recipient of an Amy Award from \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Cut\u003c\/i\u003e named her poet laureate of \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395915727026,"sku":"9781593766979","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/03077b3e8ce70ff0b7b42596aca55b9f.webp?v=1777995247","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/what-to-miss-when-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}