{"product_id":"dont-let-it-kill-you","title":"Don't Let It Kill You","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon’t Let It Kill You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheo LeGro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWinner of the 2025 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom hospital rooms to dive bars, \u003cem\u003eDon't Let It Kill You\u003c\/em\u003e by Theo LeGro confronts the complexities of loss and mortality with ferocity and wit. These poems test the tension between survival and surrender, healing and destruction, where the body is a site of betrayal and forgiveness, pain and longing, where the frailties of the flesh lead to a haunting tenderness toward the self. With language that refuses to flinch or flatter, these poems tells the truth about sickness: How boring it is. How brutal. How sacred. The poems do not seek to inspire. They do not resolve. They testify.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAching and defiant, \u003cem\u003eDon't Let It Kill You\u003c\/em\u003e refuses to yield or comply, weaving between intergenerational trauma and incurable illness with biting lyricism to explore where desire and fear collide as proof of life and life is its own feral, sacred kind of rebellion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Relentless and irreverent, the poems in \u003cem\u003eDon't Let it Kill Yo\u003c\/em\u003eu transform dive bars and operating rooms, haunted houses and strangers' beds, into thresholds of revelation. A stunning debut.”\u003cbr\u003e—Hala Aylan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These poems move with unflinching clarity through corridors of illness and desire, attending with exquisite care to the strange, quiet moments that live beside survival.”\u003cbr\u003e—Kimberly Grey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheo LeGro (1988-2026) was a queer Vietnamese-American poet and Kundiman fellow whose work earned nominations for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets. Their work appeared in \u003cem\u003eBlood Orange Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Poets\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ediode\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHoney Literary\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlume\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Offing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRaleigh Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrade Paperback \/ $19.00 (Can. $25.00) \/ ISBN 978-0-89255-639-7 \/ 64 pages \/ Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brooklyn Poets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45303994319030,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0201\/8796\/files\/9780892556397.webp?v=1785444725","url":"https:\/\/swag.brooklynpoets.org\/products\/dont-let-it-kill-you","provider":"Brooklyn Poets","version":"1.0","type":"link"}