{"product_id":"mammal-a-memoir-9798997098308","title":"Mammal: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was numb. I was a cloud. I wanted to feel like this forever.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt thirty years old, Jason Hardung is concussed from a bar fight and addicted to heroin, slumming in a house without electricity or running water. After witnessing the near suicide of a stranger, he makes a desperate call for help, hoping the forces that pushed him under can pull him back up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Wyoming, where manhood is a pressure test described by the elements, and where tenderness is worse than weakness-it's a refusal to face the facts. But facts alone don't tell a story. Jason will spend the next twenty years figuring out what does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with deadpan clarity and surprising humor, Mammal embodies the terrors and joys of a poet born into a blue-collar world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADVANCE PRAISE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A brilliant, bloody, big-hearted debut. Hardung has made me a lifelong fan.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Mary Miller, author of \u003cem\u003eBiloxi\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAlways Happy Hour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Almost unbearably human, honest, and genuine-all strong and unexpectedly sweet medicine for days like ours.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Bonnie Nadzam, author of \u003cem\u003eLions\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLamb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A brilliant work of luminous love, pain, guts, burning hearts, a shadow lifting. Jason Hardung is an outstanding artist.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Bud Smith, author of \u003cem\u003eTeenager\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Hardung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thiessen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798997098308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHardung, Jason:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jason Hardung is the author of two poetry collections and the former Poet Laureate of Fort Collins. His work has appeared in many journals, including Hobart, Evergreen Review, and The Common. He teaches the therapeutic value of writing in juvenile detention facilities, jails, and rehabs across Colorado and southern Wyoming.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jason Hardung \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":49001601040541,"sku":"9798997098308","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6f62fb27-cf77-48ae-b601-ed2dd196fd6e.jpg?v=1791981622","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mammal-a-memoir-9798997098308","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}