{"product_id":"off-the-cuffs-isbn-9781887128810","title":"Off the Cuffs","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first collection of poetry that allows us to see police officers not just as brutalizers or heroes but as complicated human beings in a position that is sometimes terrifying, sometimes rewarding and often questionable.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a daily basis police save lives, take lives, and risk their own lives. Existing books on police and policing give us a single point-of-view, a black and white story that portrays cops as either saints or villains. This exploration of the dynamic point of understanding makes \u003ci\u003eOff The Cuffs\u003c\/i\u003e unique. Divided into four sections--Eyewitnesses, Insiders, Victims \u0026amp; Perpetrators, and Dreamers--\u003ci\u003eOff The Cuffs \u003c\/i\u003egives us a diversity of voices, telling stories of fear, apprehension, love, brutality, death, sorrow, joy, hope and resolve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOut of this multiplicity of voices: convicts, police, bike messengers and established poets such as Charles Simic, Martin Espada, Kevin Young and Colette Inez - emerges a dialogue showing us the infinite shades of blue that surround the profession and the profession's relationship to the society they are sworn to protect. \u003ci\u003eOff The Cuffs\u003c\/i\u003e adds an important and unheard piece to this body of work: the usually disparate voices of cops, prisoners and everyone in between engaging with one another within the pages of one book.\u003cb\u003eJackie Sheeler\u003c\/b\u003e is a lifelong New Yorker and a lifelong juggler: poet, performance artist, songwriter, wordrocker, publisher, blogger, producer and webmaster. Her work has been widely anthologized in \u003ci\u003eNew York Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRattapallax\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePainted Bride Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhoebe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlant\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals. She has taught workshops at The Writer's Voice, as well as at drug rehabs and prisons (which led to her holding for a time the title \"Poet Laureate of Riker's Island\").","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302443077861,"sku":"NP9781887128810","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781887128810.jpg?v=1767734022","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/off-the-cuffs-isbn-9781887128810","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}