{"product_id":"true-believer-paperback-2","title":"True Believer - 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\u003eJeff Kass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTrue Believer \u003c\/i\u003eis Jeff Kass at his best: reflective and clobbery, nerdy and dynamic, witty and wise.\"--Adam Mansbach, author of \u003ci\u003eGo the F*ck to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Golem of Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTrue Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeff Kass intertwines fiction with reality as he delves into the origins of the Marvel superheroes, explores how the Marvel saga informed his own worldview, and implores us all to continue to believe in the forces of good\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough lyric and narrative poems, formal and informal verse, and even a trio of limericks, Kass's poems both retell classic comic book tales and recall his personal experiences being a True Believer--attending New York City Comic-Con with his childhood friends, wishing he could control the weather while coaching his son's baseball team, and growing up reading about the Jewishness of The Thing, the Golem-like member of The Fantastic Four, which impacted Kass's understanding of his own identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ode to what Stan Lee called his devoted readers, True Believer is a call to arms and an invitation to discover the heroic in ourselves. If we can't be super-powered heroes, we can endeavor to be what those heroes embody: perseverance despite personal doubt, determination in the face of calamitous odds, and faith in the notion that humanity is worth saving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Kass\u003c\/b\u003e teaches Tenth Grade English and Creative Writing in Ann Arbor MI. He's the award-winning author of Knuckleheads, 2011's Independent Publishers Best Short Fiction Collection of 2011 as well as two full-length poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eMy Beautiful Hook-nosed Beauty Queen Strut Wave\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTeacher\/Pizza Guy\u003c\/i\u003e, a 2020 Michigan Notable Book. He has taught poetry classes and workshops to thousands of students and is a recipient of a prestigious 2023 Jack Hazard Fellowship for writers who teach in public schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 95\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.27 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56101576311089,"sku":"9781938603266","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/Knv1Bx_EBQ9781938603266.webp?v=1788449961","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/true-believer-paperback-2","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}