{"product_id":"the-animal-indoors-9781938769870","title":"The Animal Indoors","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems following a Black queer woman as she seeks refuge from an unsafe world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Carly Inghram's poems explore the day-to-day experiences of a Black queer woman who is ceaselessly bombarded with images of mass-consumerism, white supremacy, and sexism, and who is forced, often reluctantly, back indoors and away from this outside chaos. The poems in \u003ci\u003eThe Animal Indoors \u003c\/i\u003eseek to understand and define the boundaries between our inside and outside lives, critiquing the homogenization and increasing insincerity of American culture and considering what safe spaces exist for Black women. The speaker in these poems seeks refuge, working to keep the interior safe until we can reckon with the world outside, until the speaker is able to \"unleash the indoor news onto the unclean water elsewhere.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Animal Indoors \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2020 CAAPP Book Prize, selected by Terrance Hayes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Inghram, Carly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Autumn House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938769870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72","brand":"Carly Inghram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39416808996939,"sku":"9781938769870","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_25149621-b26a-42d7-821b-93aab2cbde19.jpg?v=1624944730","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-animal-indoors-9781938769870","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}