{"product_id":"babson-anne-crossing-spb","title":"[10\/06\/26] Babson, Anne: Crossing State Lines","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnsolicited Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: October 6, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Crossing State Lines, Anne Babson sends Walt Whitman, Liz Cheney, Phillis Wheatley, immigrants, commuters, and ordinary American workers into a surreal poetic reckoning with the nation’s past and present. Moving from Manhattan to Montana, from Ellis Island to the post-truth political landscape, the collection examines democracy, civic exhaustion, regional fracture, and the fragile possibility of common ground. Formally inventive and politically awake, Crossing State Lines asks what remains of American hope when the country can no longer agree on what is real.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45248149323799,"sku":"9781969421181","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1779721870-900_4a879747-3504-415e-bfb0-318cce8f9357.png?v=1782683337","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/babson-anne-crossing-spb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}