{"product_id":"9781556592515","title":"Black Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Belieu’s poems use a vernacular of their own to suggest a noir world of erotic innuendo and red lights waiting to be run.”— \u003ci\u003eNeon\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/i\u003e is a raw, intense book, fueled by a devastating infidelity. With her marriage shattered, Erin Belieu sifts the wreckage for the black box, the record of disaster. Propelled by a blistering and clarifying rage, she composed at fever pitch and produced riveting, unforgettable poems, such as the ten-part sequence “In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral”:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eI root through your remains,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003elooking for the black box. Nothing left\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ebut glossy chunks, a pimp’s platinum\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etooth clanking inside the urn. I play you\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eover and over, my beloved conspiracy,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emy personal Zapruder film—look. . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Belieu was invited by the Poetry Foundation to keep a public journal on their new website, readers responded to the \u003ci\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/i\u003e poems, calling them “dark, twisted, disturbed, and disturbing” and Belieu a “frightening genius.” \u003ci\u003eAll true.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055769796848,"sku":"9781556592515","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781556592515_p0.jpg?v=1763756110","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781556592515","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}