{"product_id":"9781963695694","title":"No Lace Fronts in Iowa City","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 16 JUNE 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRUNNER-UP FOR THE 2024 ARTHUR SMITH POETRY PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn her debut collection,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Lace Fronts in Iowa City\u003c\/em\u003e, Meghan Malachi explores how community, desirability, and notions of home influence the journeys by which girls come of age. These poems celebrate a South Bronx childhood and navigate a complicated womanhood in the Midwest through confessional musings on Black Latinx identity and intimate epistolary interludes. Favorite wigs, main character moments, and reimagined anti-heroines are all vessels for exploring girlhood in this love letter to female kinship.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLace Fronts in Iowa City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis ultimately a testament to the desires for belonging and tenderness that we all harbor.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Malachi, Meghan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175042855166,"sku":"9781963695694","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/No_Lace_Fronts.png?v=1779239032","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9781963695694","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}