{"product_id":"about-the-house-paperback","title":"About the House - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStacy Szymaszek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed over the course of a single year, the three sequences in Stacy Szymaszek's tenth book, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, make room through attention. The rituals that provoke these poems are rooted in conversation and communion, joining chance encounter with the familiar. Drawing on journal writing, folk poetics, prayer, and bibliomancy, Szymaszek explores the intimacies of sharing space with human, plant, ghost, and animal others. \"I sit and think and in thinking \/ I mind my own business,\" Szymaszek writes, making solitude both social and generative. Rife with the materials of a day--sprouting onions, lemon oil, snake hash, gossip, a broken stove, and correspondence--the poems in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e are crafty and magnetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 6.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46547558858796,"sku":"9798988683933","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/b8L8h-6FtP9798988683933.webp?v=1793508644","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/about-the-house-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}