{"product_id":"9781950774340","title":"How to Be Better by Being Worse","description":"Author: Justin Jannise\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781950774340\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 22 Jun 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 88 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by Richard Blanco as winner of the 2019 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, Justin Jannise turns the self-help manual on its head in How to be Better by Being Worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems flout, subvert, question, and ignore the rules with exploratory energy. Queer experiences are celebrated-from crushing on long-dead, sad-eyed poets to drag divas dancing at Halloween parties-gender constructs are questioned, and familial transgressions are laid bare for the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelightfully modulating between flippant, sincere, and back again, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Better by Being Worse\u003c\/i\u003e freely indulges in harmless wickedness as its speaker grows in self-awareness, slowly learning to let go of inherited shame while continuing to seek self-forgiveness for the harms he has caused the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925085601950,"sku":"ING-9781950774340","price":30.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781950774340.jpg?v=1782959075","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781950774340","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}