{"product_id":"madrid-anthony-i-was-papepb","title":"[08\/18\/26] Madrid, Anthony: I WAS PAPERBOYS","description":"\u003cp\u003eEconomy Press, chapbook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: August 18, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI WAS PAPERBOYS is a new collection of poems - incantations, songs, autobiography, ancient wisdom - by Anthony Madrid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Don’t tell me there’ll be no difficulty, MADRID. It is difficult wherever I look. \/ For the anteater is driven by a bullwhip. And its tongue is the end of that bullwhip.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(From “Stir the Snow with a Stick Then Break”)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Madrid’s writing has appeared in Best American Poetry, Boston Review, Conjunctions, Fence, Georgia Review, Harvard Review, Lana Turner, LIT, and Poetry. He is the author of three books, all from Canarium: I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say (2012), Try Never (2017), and Whatever’s Forbidden the Wise (2023). He lives in Victoria, Texas, with Nadya Pittendrigh.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45407467765783,"sku":"9798995595427","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1785788054-900.jpg?v=1786825045","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/madrid-anthony-i-was-papepb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}