{"product_id":"elegies-from-the-last-days-of-the-empire","title":"Elegies From the Last Days of the Empire","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJan Worth\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, poet, and essayist in Flint, Michigan. She taught writing for two decades at the University of Michigan—Flint and has taught at the Flint Institute of Arts. She was a longtime columnist and for five years, editor of Flint’s venerable \u003ci\u003eEast Village Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eNight Blind \u003c\/i\u003eand the essay collection \u003ci\u003eThat’s My Moon Over Court Street: Dispatches from a Life in Flint. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBelt Magazine, Dunes Review, Driftwood Review, Exposition Review, Gravel, The MacGuffin, Hypertext Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e and others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAn Ohio native, she is a former newspaper reporter, social worker, and Peace Corps volunteer. She lives with her husband in a big old house on a tree-lined street in Flint. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 58 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (March 4, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GNZN9H3N\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eKindle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52983180525752,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0800\/0329\/files\/jworth3_front.jpg?v=1773115723","url":"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/elegies-from-the-last-days-of-the-empire","provider":"Kelsay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}