{"product_id":"bringing-the-shovel-down-paperback","title":"Bringing the Shovel Down - 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\u003eRoss Gay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBringing the Shovel Down\u003c\/i\u003e maps the long and arduous process of being inculcated with the mythologies of state and power, the ramifications of that inculcation (largely, the loss of our humanity in the service of maintaining those mythologies), and finally, what it might mean, what it might provide us, if we were to transform those myths. The book, finally, has one underlying question: How might we better love one another?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoss Gay \u003c\/b\u003eteaches poetry at Indiana University and is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eAgainst Which\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBringing the Shovel Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLace and Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e (with Aimee Nezhukumatathil), \u003ci\u003eRiver\u003c\/i\u003e (with Rose Wehrenberg), \u003ci\u003eCatalog of Unabashed Gratitude\u003c\/i\u003e, and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Delights\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53052475605216,"sku":"9780822961352","price":20.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/dEFyz9LgBX9780822961352.webp?v=1781288630","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/bringing-the-shovel-down-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}