{"product_id":"awe-paperback","title":"Awe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorothea Lasky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the book of Revelations had been scribbled in the diary of a precocious fourteen-year-old girl, the prophecies might look something like \u003ci\u003eAwe.\u003c\/i\u003e Dorothea Lasky is a daring truth-teller, naming names and boldly pushing the boundaries of confession. The secrets she tells are truths we recognize in ourselves: \"Be scared of yourself \/ The real self \/ Is very scary.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDorothea Lasky\u003c\/b\u003e was born in St. Louis in 1978. She is the author of several chapbooks and has attended Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Dorothea Lasky \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThunderbird\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2012), \u003ci\u003eBlack Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eAWE\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2007). She is also the author of six chapbooks: \u003ci\u003eMatter: A Picturebook\u003c\/i\u003e (Argos Books, 2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Teratorn\u003c\/i\u003e (Yes Yes Books, 2012), \u003ci\u003ePoetry is Not a Project\u003c\/i\u003e (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010), \u003ci\u003eTourmaline\u003c\/i\u003e (Transmission Press, 2008), \u003ci\u003eThe Hatmaker's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eArt\u003c\/i\u003e (H_NGM_N Press, 2005), and \u003ci\u003eAlphabets and Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e (Anchorite Press, 2004). Born in St. Louis in 1978, her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, Boston Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, The Laurel Review, MAKE magazine, Phoebe, Poets \u0026amp; Writers Magazine, The New Yorker, Tin House, The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e6x6\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places. She is a graduate of the MFA program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and also has been educated at Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and Washington University. She has taught poetry at New York University, Wesleyan University, Columbia University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Heath Elementary School, and Munroe Center for the Arts and has done educational research at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Philadelphia Zoo, and Project Zero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 73\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.78 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165334147207,"sku":"9781933517247","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e460564d8007bc4066d0cb437186380b.webp?v=1733312808","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/awe-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}