{"product_id":"glandscapes","title":"Glandscapes","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eGut-wrenching winner of the 2024 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest, Mickie Kennedy’s \u003ci\u003eGlandscapes\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with survival and the self. It bares its most vulnerable parts, speaking to family, inheritance, and queer experience—all colored by the lens of illness.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhen faced with our own mortality, \u003ci\u003eGlandscapes \u003c\/i\u003easks what pieces of ourselves are we willing to lose? Who are we without them? Kennedy’s wry humor blends with stark intimacy, bringing us into a narrative rich with love and loss.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eGlandscapes\u003c\/i\u003e demands an unflinching gaze as it scalpels through the things we fear the most.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for Mickie Kennedy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGlandscapes\u003c\/em\u003e is an incredibly moving collection, rich with the kind of up-close intimacy that covers such wide ground — parentage, beloveds, the self, survival and not. It builds a rich interior world that is clear and distinct to the speaker, but not isolating to you, the reader, who might want to walk through that world for a while. This book is a triumph, is massively generous, and also just plainly a pleasure to read.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e— Hanif Abdurraqib, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/buttonpoetry.com\/product\/the-crown-aint-worth-much\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Crown Ain't Worth Much\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAwards\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/buttonpoetry.com\/product-tag\/chapbook-contest-winner\/\"\u003eWINNER of the 2024 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Button Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43275929255987,"sku":"978-1-63834-206-9","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/0752\/9011\/files\/KENNEDY-GLAN-marketingcover.jpg?v=1750177622","url":"https:\/\/buttonbookstore.com\/products\/glandscapes","provider":"Button Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}