{"product_id":"creep-love-paperback","title":"Creep Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Walsh's poetry collection \u003ci\u003eCreep Love\u003c\/i\u003e explores a family contending with a complex and ongoing crisis, the aftermath of which creates a shockwave that reverberates through these poems. Stories, half-truths, and lies combine into disturbing fable: A young pregnant woman flees her abusive boyfriend only to discover with terror that he is focused on her younger sister. When her younger sister later gives birth to her abusive ex's other sons, the unsettling presence of the child's father becomes unavoidable, and the family soon forces the first son to become a family secret. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We come to find out that the father carries a secret of his own. As tensions rise, attacks within the family escalate and finally culminate in an attempted murder. In \u003ci\u003eCreep Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Walsh captures the terror of this event, and these poems take us through the surprising outcomes. Near death, rather than floating into light due to hypoxia--a temporary release from the grip of compounding trauma--the speaker sinks into all-encompassing darkness. The anxiety of this moment returns him to his body from the edge of death. These poems give witness to the fallout, demonstrating how love can be charged with something ultimately unknowable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e grew up on a dairy farm in western Minnesota and came out of the closet in his small-town newspaper in 1992. His poetry books include \u003ci\u003eThe Dirt Riddles \u003c\/i\u003eas well as two chapbooks, \u003ci\u003eAdam Walking the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSleepwalks. \u003c\/i\u003eWith James Crews, he is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eQueer Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, a poetry anthology also forthcoming from Autumn House Press. His poems and stories have appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChattahoochee Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCimarron Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrab Orchard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreat River Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth Dakota Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Minneapolis, MN, and works as a curriculum administrator at the University of Minnesota. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699663835199,"sku":"9781938769764","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bd36e464fba6053716875dad9d36d60f.webp?v=1765014090","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/creep-love-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}