{"product_id":"consider-the-rooster-paperback","title":"Consider the Rooster - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST POETRY COLLECTIONS OF 2024 BY LIT HUB AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN POETRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2025 CLMP FIRECRACKER AWARD IN POETRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA AWARD FOR TRANSGENDER POETRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsider the Rooster \u003c\/i\u003eserves as an ode to a rooster's crow, a catalyst for awakening, both literally and figuratively.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, the aftermath of George Floyd's murder by police, and the resulting upsurge in reactionary right-wing militia violence, a neighbor in Kalamazoo, Michigan threatens to call the police after discovering the author's pet rooster. The rooster sounds the alarm and our author wakes to revolutionary transformation. An ecological consciousness embedded in these verses invites readers to acknowledge their place in a web of relations. Oliver Baez Bendorf's voice resounds through liminal spaces, at dusk and dawn, across personal meditations and wider cultural awakenings to form a collection overflowing with freedom, rebellion, mischief, and song.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46584175558812,"sku":"9781643622385","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781643622385.jpg?v=1774479629","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/consider-the-rooster-paperback","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}