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    Rx

    By Josh Sapan

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    In his debut collection, Josh Sapan guides us through a lifetime of love and loss as he navigates death-of loved ones, of crickets, of houseplants-in an American landscape teeming with wonder and the promise of rebirth-in the stars, the wind, the minnows in the bay. In Rx, the prescription is literal ("blue-fog medicine breath") and figurative ("Love so big,/ it comes in a gigantic red box."). Sapan offers a glimpse into the sometimes painfully delicate and beautiful parts of life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Hen Press
    Release dateAug 29, 2023
    ISBN9781636280400
    Rx
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    Josh Sapan

    Josh Sapan is a long-time media executive. He lives in NYC with his family where he has walked every bridge in Manhattan and operates a small movie theater in Greenport, NY.

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      Rx - Josh Sapan

      Rx

      Copyright © 2023 by Josh Sapan

      All Rights Reserved

      No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner.

      Book design by Mark E. Cull

      Layout assistance by Isiah Lyons

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Sapan, Joshua, author.

      Title: Rx: poems / Josh Sapan.

      Description: First edition. | Pasadena, CA: Red Hen Press, [2023]

      Identifiers: LCCN 2022026224 (print) | LCCN 2022026225 (ebook) | ISBN 9781636280394 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781636280400 (ebook)

      Subjects: LCGFT: Poetry.

      Classification: LCC PS3619.A628 R9 2023 (print) | LCC PS3619.A628 (ebook) | DDC 811/.6—dc23/eng/20220606

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022026224

      LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022026225

      The National Endowment for the Arts, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the Ahmanson Foundation, the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, the

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