{"product_id":"gamers-isbn-9781932360578","title":"Gamers","description":"In \u003ci\u003eGamers,\u003c\/i\u003e writers, artists, scholars, poets, and programmers talk about what gaming means to them and discuss the growing impact of video games on fashion, fiction, film, and music. Essays feature a glittering mix of topics from the esoteric to the purely entertaining: gender identity in relation to gaming, video golf as a meditative exercise, Ms. Pacman versus The Sims, the similarities between writing fiction and programming, the confessions of a video poker junkie, and much more.\u003cb\u003eShanna Compton\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBrink\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor Girls Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDown Spooky\u003c\/i\u003e, an Open Book Award Winner, and several chapbooks. \u003ci\u003eCreature Sounds Fade\u003c\/i\u003e is forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in 2020. She is currently at work on \u003ci\u003eThe Hazard Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e, a book-length speculative poem. Her poetry and essays are widely published, appearing in \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e, the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day series, and elsewhere. In addition to her work with the poets of Bloof, she designs books for independent authors and various small presses. She lives on the Delaware River in Lambertville, New Jersey.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301739942117,"sku":"NP9781932360578","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781932360578.jpg?v=1767727856","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/gamers-isbn-9781932360578","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}