{"product_id":"dontmrm","title":"Don't Worry About Me, by M.R. Mandell","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 44 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" 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 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon’t Worry About Me\u003c\/em\u003e is a lyrical narrative of a girl growing up in a volatile, often violent, sometimes loving family, often on the edge of financial and emotional destruction.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer poems tell stories of how she navigates her fractured world, with moments of tenderness between mother and daughter, juxtaposed with the harsh realities of surviving a household with a father full of desperation and rage.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn M.R. Mandell’s debut chapbook, her poems span the west, from Texas to California, exploring the empty corners of a conservative small town, to the hopes, fantasies, humor, and darkness of Los Angeles, the city she ultimately finds her dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\"M.R. Mandell’s sharp turn of phrase stuns the reader awake. Specificity and sincerity paint the prettiest pained pictures. Excellent, elegant, yet accessible, this chapbook is one hell of a read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eC.E. Hoffman, author of \u003cem\u003eLosers and Freaks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Transporting, evocative and very moving. It put me in a place I have not been in a world different from my own so I could be there, feel it, and understand. It is full of surprises, written by a true poet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eG. Neri, author of \u003cem\u003eConcrete Cowboy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSafe Passage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"justify\"\u003eM.R. Mandell (she\/her) is a poet based in Los Angeles. She lives by the beach with her muse, a Golden Retriever named Chester Blue, and her longtime partner. You can find her work in \u003cem\u003eJAKE\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRoi Fainéant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003esage cigarettes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnti-Heroin Chic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStanchion Zine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFine Print\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMaudlin House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnbroken\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFive Minutes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWriters Resist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe McNeese Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M.R. Mandell","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47777876115771,"sku":"DONTMRM","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47777876148539,"sku":"DONTMRMe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/worryfront.png?v=1707775337","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/dontmrm","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}