{"product_id":"postscripts-from-past-lives-paperback-1","title":"Postscripts From Past Lives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel W. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJason Ryberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor eleven years I have had the peculiar privilege of putting every last one of these poets in front of an audience. That sentence makes it sound organized. It's rarely been that easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat it actually looked like was borrowed rooms, me feeling like Kermit the Frog as I did my best to hold things together, too much money spent on liquor in hopes of luring the unfamiliar in, bartenders pretending to listen, and a small congregation of the faithful gathered to hear language do what it has always done best in St. Louis - survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis city does not hand out literary careers like party favors. It does not anoint. It endures. And the poets in this collection have endured right alongside it. They have read to packed houses, to six people, and to one distracted guy nursing a beer in the corner. They have read through heartbreak, day jobs, night shifts, bad reviews, good reviews, and the long silences in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI booked them because they were good. I kept booking them because I've never stopped believing in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you hold in your hands is not a \"scene\" in the trend-piece sense of the word. It is something better. It is a small sample of a body of work forged in open mics, back rooms, bookstores, and bars - with too much booze, coffee, and\/or anxiety running through us. It is argument and confession. It is humor sharpened into a blade and tenderness smuggled in under a joke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf there is a common thread here, it is persistence. Not the glamorous kind. The kind that shows up anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poets have given more to their craft than can ever be quantified. I hope they know how grateful I have always been for every syllable they gave. This anthology is proof that the performance was never the point. It was the work. Always the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Daniel W. Wright\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56149908816177,"sku":"9798899750373","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/RWJwpAST_O9798899750373_a1e46662-c9b8-4a6a-946b-64f3fadcd2a9.webp?v=1788689192","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/postscripts-from-past-lives-paperback-1","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}