{"product_id":"bread-and-water","title":"Bread and Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBread and Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a look at cult New York poet Eileen Myles’ trademark style in formation: encapsulating the drifts and drags of a young working-class artist seeking out love, community, adventure; finding the joys of expression, and therein, undoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poet, novelist and former presidential candidate\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emoved to New York in 1974 and quickly became involved in a vital circle of artists based around the St. Marks’ Poetry Project. Myles’ work is widely recognized as an exemplar of first-person writing, owing to their eye for the irreverent power of the slapdash and mundane, how a swab of peanut butter or coffee cup rings evoke keen truths of being and appetite. Myles is the author of queer canon texts\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1994) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCool for You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000), and recently, the literary anthology,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePathetic Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2022).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hanuman Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52948746174775,"sku":"9798989378043","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/9926\/1239\/files\/bread.png?v=1788559529","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbooks.com\/products\/bread-and-water","provider":"Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}