{"product_id":"slipping-away","title":"Slipping Away","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter a glamorous childhood in Brownsville, Brooklyn, \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Deutsch\u003c\/strong\u003e settled in State College, PA. He and his wife, Karen, have one son—the guitarist for the avant-garde group, Gang Gang Dance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteve spent many years as a professor at Penn State University studying the fluid dynamics of heart assist pumps, mechanical heart valves and drag reduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince retirement, he has developed a love for poetry, and over the last few years, he has published in more than two dozen print and online literary journals. He was nominated for Pushcart Prizes in 2017, 2018, and 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis chapbook \u003cem\u003ePerhaps You Can\u003c\/em\u003e and full-length books \u003cem\u003eGoing, Going, Gone\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Persistence of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e were published by Kelsay Books. His third full-length collection \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e was awarded The Sinclair Poetry Prize from Evening Street Press and published in April 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 56 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (July 5, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48176454074526,"sku":"vqa1787286812574","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6345\/4366\/files\/slipping-away_1.jpg?v=1787286817","url":"https:\/\/urbanwearstore.shop\/products\/slipping-away","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}