{"product_id":"hodes-amanda-into-the-ipb","title":"[09\/15\/26] Hodes, Amanda: Into the Into of Earth Itself","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack Lawrence Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 15, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2024 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\nSelected by judge Diana Khoi Nguyen, \u003ci\u003eInto the Into of Earth Itself\u003c\/i\u003e is the debut collection by Amanda Hodes. The poems investigate the dual histories of two Pennsylvania towns: Palmerton and the nearby ghost town of Centralia, which was condemned due to an underground mine fire that will burn for centuries.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eThrough text mining, these poems excavate legislation, archival material, web comments, and even the \u003ci\u003eSilent Hill\u003c\/i\u003e screenplay, revealing the inextricable nature of environmental toxicity and toxic masculinity, the violation of the environment and violations of women. Human pollution is a \"bug\" in the code, prompting forms of material glitch--earthquakes, sinkholes, illness, and shame. Couched in code-like syntax, the collection cycles through an ecology of voices, from bacteria to pigeons to weeds, all the while exploring sexual assault and chronic illness, questioning what it truly means to be \"natural\" or \"clean.\"\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45143457497111,"sku":"9781625572202","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/81St_KL22vL._SL1500.jpg?v=1780694033","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/hodes-amanda-into-the-ipb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}