{"product_id":"judas-goat-poems","title":"Judas Goat: Poems","description":"Finalist for the 2024 Washington State Book Award\n\nAn NPR Best Book of 2023\n\n“Stellar. . . . with great humanity, grace, and precision.” —Nicole Sealey, author of Ordinary Beast\n\nGabrielle Bates’s electric debut collection Judas Goat 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.\n\nIn confession, in illumination, Bates establishes herself as an unflinching witness to the risks that desire necessitates, as Judas Goat holds readers close and whispers its unforgettable lines.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1953534643\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1953534643.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bates, Gabrielle\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43646380081213,"sku":"BVV.1953534643.G","price":12.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1953534643-0.jpg?v=1789765456","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/judas-goat-poems","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}