{"product_id":"hard-up-paperback","title":"Hard Up - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rich people spend their money \/ on other money. \/ I spend my money on string, colorful string\"-- How can poetry about poverty and the injustices of late-stage capitalism contain so much joy? How can poems court absurdism without cynicism? How can poetry be both empathetic and irreverent? I wish we all knew what M.P. Carver knows. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-J.D. Scrimgeour, Salem, MA Poet Laureate, author of Lifting the Turtle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378519408863,"sku":"9781957755502","price":12.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/N2AuCO09aN9781957755502.webp?v=1789257960","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/hard-up-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}