{"product_id":"howtpp","title":"HOW TO BECOME STUPID, by Peter Patapis","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 16 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 style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHOW TO BECOME STUPID\u003c\/em\u003e is a chapbook about becoming stupid. The poet-as-speaker who narrates this collection takes the idea literally, deciding he must surrender to the body in defiance of the brain. By becoming stupid, though, a window emerges within the speaker’s eye through which both a light and a new god appear.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDevoted to both the spiritual and the mundane, these poems write against the academy and instead beg once again for the holy—even amidst the roaring flames of our present hell. Loud and abrasive, but also reclusive and coy, \u003cem\u003eHOW TO BECOME STUPID\u003c\/em\u003e wonders where stupidity ends and awe begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeter Patapis is a poet living in New York City. He is the author of the chapbooks \u003cem\u003eGreen Dream\u003c\/em\u003e (Choo Choo Press, 2021) and \u003cem\u003eAn Incense Named Magenta\u003c\/em\u003e (Choo Choo Press, 2024) and has taught creative writing at the National Alliance on Mental Illness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Patapis","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47661569605947,"sku":"HOWTPP","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47661569638715,"sku":"HOWTPPe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/stupidfront.png?v=1705523218","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/howtpp","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}