{"product_id":"cherep","title":"Cherry Lime Gospel, by Emily Present","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, paperback, 52 pages, from \u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-press\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-press\"\u003eBottlecap Press\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCherry Lime Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e is a kitsch infused exploration of love, self-hood, and spirituality in the age of the Internet. Or, what it means to be a girl-in-the-Anthropocene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCherry Lime Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e isn't afraid of unlikely pairings—here we see kisses with blood, moons with flaming hot cheetos, and disbelief with prayer. After reading Emily Present's poems, I was able to appreciate the unlikely beauty of the world in a new way—this is a very special book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e-Chelsea Hodson, author of \u003cem\u003eTonight I'm Someone Else\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"Emily Present's \u003cem\u003eCherry Lime Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e, like most gospel, drapes ritual and iconography in alluring language. These lyric poems long for connection, one surreal image at a time: \"i want to eat roast beef together \/ and then i want to tug it off your ear.\" Present brings the divine into the everyday, where god is present for every fetish the poems are down for. Cherry Lime Gospel is a book for someone who thinks they've read it all, because they haven't.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e-Ben Fama, author of \u003cem\u003eDEATHWISH\u003c\/em\u003e (Newest York Arts Press, 2019), and \u003cem\u003eFANTASY\u003c\/em\u003e (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmily Present is a writer and third generation New Yorker. She co-founded and has been managing editor of the online literary magazine, \u003c\/span\u003eG*MOB\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (formerly GlitterMOB) since 2014. Her first short book of poems,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCherry Lime Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, was published in March 2020 by Bottlecap Press (featured in NYLON and NYMag). She is currently an MFA Candidate in Creative Writing at Stony Brook University where she is the recipient of The Martell Prize in Creative Writing. She resides in Brooklyn with her dog, Batman and an excessive number of books. You can also find her \u003c\/span\u003e@presentemzo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emily Present","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39556560617543,"sku":"CHEREP","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":39556560650311,"sku":"CHEREPe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/Cherry-Lime-Gospel_-by-Emily-Present-Bottlecap-Press-1656794418.jpg?v=1656880644","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/cherep","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}