{"product_id":"i-want-to-start-by-saying-paperback","title":"I Want to Start by Saying - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel Ace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel Ace's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI want to start by saying\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a constellation of memory, personal and place-based histories, dailiness, repetition, art-making, and desire. Ace's insistent titular phrase acts as drone and anchor--invocation and prayer--propelling the peripatetic narrator from Cleveland to New York to Tucson, western Massachusetts to Atlanta and back again, line by line. Part essay, part memoir, and part collage, Ace explores the difficulties of romance, childhood, betrayal, and writing, establishing each sentence as a location to begin anew; to utter, accrete, and break again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Ace\u003c\/b\u003e is a trans\/genderqueer poet and sound artist. He is the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eOur Weather Our Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (Black Radish), \u003ci\u003eMeet Me There: Normal Sex \u0026amp; Home in three days. Don't wash\u003c\/i\u003e. (Belladonna* Germinal Texts), and \u003ci\u003eStealth\u003c\/i\u003e with poet Maureen Seaton (Chax). Ace is the recipient of the Astraea Lesbian Writer Award and the Firecracker Alternative Book Award in Poetry, as well as a repeat finalist for both the Lambda Literary Award and the National Poetry Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49377970880664,"sku":"9798989708406","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/0cwTMoRdJp9798989708406.webp?v=1783051509","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/i-want-to-start-by-saying-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}