{"product_id":"minnis-chelsey-baby-i-dont-care","title":"Minnis, Chelsey: Baby, I Don't Care","description":"\u003cp\u003eWave Books (paperback, 2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: Chelsey Minnis's new collection of poems follows the struggle of a flawed character in a cinematic world. Playing with old ideas of wealth and love from Hollywood's golden era, these poems flirt with nostalgia without ever succumbing to it, casting a new light on the present through the fantasies of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat do you want with me? I'm just a dirty little shoplifter.\u003cbr\u003eI'm like a woman in a sequined gown in a dark cave. Can you tell me I'm worse than others?\u003cbr\u003eOK, yes, I'm worse than others, but can you say I'm the worst of all?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most unusual and persuasive books of poems I've read in some time.\"--Dwight Garner, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In a flurry of ideas, and with her typically sparse and open-ended lines, Minnis approaches her subject from a dizzying array of angles: ironic, celebratory, mournful, panicked, and often funny.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32916405354519,"sku":"9781940696720","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/cm.gif?v=1602719449","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/minnis-chelsey-baby-i-dont-care","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}