{"product_id":"perfect-dirt-and-other-things-ive-gotten-wrong-9781952271298","title":"Perfect Dirt: And Other Things I've Gotten Wrong","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Keegan Lester\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWords have meaning and meaning evolves over time. In \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e, Keegan Lester drags us through his failure to grasp the meaning that always seems to be just beyond his fingertips. These lyrical vignettes depict a lifelong search for home, identity, and the language to say the things we wish we could tell people in the moment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in Southern California to parents who had migrated from West Virginia and South Florida, Lester spent summers with his grandparents in Morgantown, which instilled a deep anchor of place that continued to call to him, an Appalachian at heart even while living in New York City as a poet. As small successes started to come his way--a book and numerous tours--so did crises. Lester's father, meanwhile, experiencing his own life crisis, embarked on a journey to sail the Caribbean. Both end up lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part memoir, part tour diary, part homage to the places and people who have made him who he is, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e digs into the sometimes painful, sometimes jubilant questions of identity and success. This is a book searching to better understand the world and our place in it, the family we're born into, and the family we make along the way.","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413909528727,"sku":"9781952271298","price":1926.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781952271298.webp?v=1767919603","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/perfect-dirt-and-other-things-ive-gotten-wrong-9781952271298","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}