{"product_id":"2940196511516","title":"NGL: Nothing Better Than This Book (Except Sex and Food)!","description":"\u003cp\u003eNothing better than this book. Except sex. And food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNGL is the loud one, and the one to hand anybody who swears poetry is not for them. Short, blunt, profane poems about wanting things, being a body, and the running joke that the body eventually loses. It is funny in a way that keeps turning serious when you are not looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath the appetite is the real subject: the hunger to use a whole life all the way up before it is gone. Existential dread and a two a.m. snack are treated here as the same impulse, which is the truest thing the book says.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman Lives Here. Trying to use everything. Before it is gone. What can I do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe slang, the swearing, and the internet in its bones are all deliberate, kept exactly as composed. These are poems to read out loud, screenshot, and send.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the shortest possible distance between a laugh and a lump in the throat, which is a harder trick than a hundred solemn poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who want poetry with a pulse and a sense of humor, and anyone tired of verse that takes itself too seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoud, alive, and over before you want it to be. Then you start it again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Across Borders Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48534073442545,"sku":"2940196511516","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940196511516_p0.jpg?v=1786331428","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940196511516","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}