{"product_id":"how-to-be-better-by-being-worse-1","title":"How to Be Better by Being Worse","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize and Finalist for the John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of  Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by Richard Blanco as winner of the 2019 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, Justin Jannise turns the self-help manual on its head in \u003ci\u003eHow to be Better by Being Worse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems flout, subvert, question, and ignore the rules with exploratory energy. Queer experiences are celebrated—from crushing on long-dead, sad-eyed poets to drag divas dancing at Halloween parties—gender constructs are questioned, and familial transgressions are laid bare for the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelightfully modulating between flippant, sincere, and back again, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Better by Being Worse\u003c\/i\u003e freely indulges in harmless wickedness as its speaker grows in self-awareness, slowly learning to let go of inherited shame while continuing to seek self-forgiveness for the harms he has caused the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54021919965528,"sku":null,"price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781950774234.jpg?v=1777131022","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/how-to-be-better-by-being-worse-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}