{"product_id":"9781936747771-hustle","title":"Hustle","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHustle documents the author's Latino youth in San Diego, California, an inferno of stolen cars, silent sex, and murdered valedictorians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"David Martinez is like an algebra problem invented by America—he's polynomial, and fractioned, full of identity variables and unsolved narrative coefficients. \u003ci\u003eHustle\u003c\/i\u003e is full of dashing nerve, linguistic flair, and unfakeable heart.\"—Tony Hoagland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe dark peoples with things:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003efor keys, coins, pencils\u003cbr\u003eand pens our pockets grieve.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo street lights or signs,\u003cbr\u003eno liquor stores or bars,\u003cbr\u003eonly a lighter for a flashlight,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eand the same-faced trees,\u003cbr\u003esimilar-armed stones\u003cbr\u003eand crooked bushes\u003cbr\u003estaring back at me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is no path in the woods for a boy from the city.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI would have set fire to get off this wilderness\u003cbr\u003ebut Palomar is no El Camino in an empty lot,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe plastic dripping from the dash\u003cbr\u003eand the paint bubbling like a toad's throat.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf mountains were old pieces of furniture,\u003cbr\u003eI would have lit the fabric and danced.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf mountains were abandoned crack houses,\u003cbr\u003eI would have opened their meanings with flame,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eif that would have let the wind and trees lead my eyes\u003cbr\u003eor shown me the moon's tiptoe on the moss—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eas you effect my hand,\u003cbr\u003eas we walk into the side of a Sunday night.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Tomas Martinez\u003c\/b\u003e has published in \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Writer's Ink\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been featured in \u003ci\u003eBorder Voices\u003c\/i\u003e. A PhD candidate at the University of Houston, Martinez is also an editor for \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55419828896118,"sku":"9781936747771","price":13.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33662266.jpg?v=1748613346","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781936747771-hustle","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}