{"product_id":"the-dogs-i-have-kissed-paperback","title":"The Dogs I Have Kissed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTrista Mateer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Gripping and powerful and disturbingly honest.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Yena Sharma Purmasir \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOEMS ABOUT KISSING THE WRONG PEOPLE-AND SOMETIMES BEING THE WRONG PERSON.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dogs I Have Kissed\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone who has wanted someone already halfway out the door. For anyone who has stayed too long, left before they could be left, confused being wanted with being loved, or waited for someone who was never going to ask them to stay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are poems about bad dates and unhealed wounds. About biting back and rolling over. Wanting to be touched and being terrified of what happens afterward. Making monsters out of the people who hurt you-and then realizing you might have made one out of yourself, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Is this okay, is this okay, is this okay or does it make me weak?\"\u003c\/i\u003e the poet asks. First published at the height of the Tumblr poetry era and named after a lyric from Soltero's \"I'll Be a Writer,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Dogs I Have Kissed\u003c\/i\u003e is confessional poetry about desire, intimacy, heartbreak, and the particular humiliation of loving people who cannot give you what you need.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68004985438360,"sku":"9781514287316","price":27.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/bzlADe9Zx_9781514287316.webp?v=1794693146","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/the-dogs-i-have-kissed-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}