{"product_id":"_funnbk","title":"The Funny Thing About a Panic Attack, by Ben Kassoy","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e the funny thing about a panic attack? Is it that you think you’re dying? Is it that you actually live?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIs it that, afterwards, it’s 2:00 am and you’re in your living room surrounded by three giant gorgeous paramedics, who look like April, May, and June on next year’s calendar, and since your heart didn’t \u003cem\u003eactually\u003c\/em\u003e stop, they won’t be needing that gurney after all?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYes, maybe \u003cem\u003ethat’s\u003c\/em\u003e the funny thing! Or maybe you just need something – anything – about this to be funny.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith his signature style and singular voice, award-winning writer Ben Kassoy invites readers into his darkest chapters, deepest relationships, and wildest dreams – the spectacularly original world of his debut poetry chapbook, \u003cem\u003eThe Funny Thing About A Panic Attack\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrimming with humor, heart, and defiant wonder in the face of depression, anxiety, and grief, these poems explore how one man unleashes the transcendent power of imagination and love to create a life that’s bigger, fuller, and more possible – and how all of us can, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBen Kassoy (he\/him) is a strawberry spinning like a dreidel. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003cem\u003eSky Island Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJMWW\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGhost City Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHuman Parts\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDefunct Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e805 Lit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePithead Chapel\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCobra Milk\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnbroken Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSidereal Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOne Sentence Poems\u003c\/em\u003e. Find Ben online @bkassoy or www.benkassoy.com, and subscribe to his newsletter at benkassoy.substack.com.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Kassoy","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":44950634758459,"sku":"_FUNNBK","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":44950634791227,"sku":"_FUNNBKe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/funnyfront.png?v=1681850189","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/_funnbk","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}