{"product_id":"9781324021940","title":"Now We're Getting Somewhere: Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA dark, no-holds-barred, and often hilarious collection from a prize-winning poet, veering between the poles of self and world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Addonizio’s sharp and irreverent eighth volume, \u003cem\u003eNow We’re Getting Somewhere\u003c\/em\u003e, is an essential companion to your practice of the Finnish art of \u003cem\u003ekalsarikännit\u003c\/em\u003e—drinking at home, alone in your underwear, with no intention of going out. Imbued with the poet’s characteristic precision and passion, the collection charts a hazardous course through heartache, climate change, dental work, \u003cem\u003eOutlander\u003c\/em\u003e, semiotics, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombatting existential gloom with a wicked, seductive energy, Addonizio investigates desire, loss, and the madness of contemporary life. She calls out to Walt Whitman and John Keats, echoes Dorothy Parker, and finds sisterhood with Virginia Woolf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes confessional, sometimes philosophical, these poems weave from desolation to drollery and clamor with raucous imagery: an insect in high heels, a wolf at an uncomfortable party, a glowing and self-serious guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poet whose “voice lifts from the page, alive and biting” (Sky Sanchez, San Francisco Book Review), Addonizio reminds her reader, \"\u003cem\u003eif you think nothing \u0026amp; \/ no one can \/ listen I love you joy is coming\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045292982512,"sku":"9781324021940","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781324021940_p0.jpg?v=1763707782","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781324021940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}