{"product_id":"judas-goat-poems-gabrielle-bates-paperback-1","title":"Judas Goat: Poems -- Gabrielle Bates, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eGabrielle Bates's electric debut collection \u003cem\u003eJudas Goat\u003c\/em\u003e plumbs the depths of intimate relationships. The book's eponymous animal is used to lead sheep to slaughter while its own life is spared, and its harrowing existence echoes through this spellbinding collection of forty poems, which wrestle with betrayal and forced obedience, violence and young womanhood, and the \"forbidden felt language\" of sexual and sacred love. These poems conjure encounters with figures from scriptures, domesticated animals eyeing the wild, and mothering as a shapeshifting, spectral force; they question what it means to love another person and how to exorcise childhood fears. All the while, the Deep South haunts, and no matter how far away the speaker moves, the South always draws her back home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In confession, in illumination, Bates establishes herself as an unflinching witness to the risks that desire necessitates, as \u003cem\u003eJudas Goat\u003c\/em\u003e holds readers close and whispers its unforgettable lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabrielle Bates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tin House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.75h x 6.11w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953534644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabrielle Bates\u003c\/b\u003e's poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. A writer, visual artist, and cohost of \u003ci\u003eThe Poet Salon\u003c\/i\u003e podcast, Bates is originally from Birmingham, Alabama, and now lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gabrielle Bates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46081245905124,"sku":"9781953534644","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781953534644.jpg?v=1739962034","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/judas-goat-poems-gabrielle-bates-paperback-1","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}