{"product_id":"9781597092395","title":"Becoming Judas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second collection by Nicelle Davis, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Judas\u003c\/i\u003e, is an “elemental bible-diary-manifesto,” that weaves together Mormonism, Mamaism, Manson, Lennon, Kabbalah, and the lost Gospel of Judas into am ecstatic, searing meditation on raw religion. Nicelle Davis is a poet with an eye towards the spiritual. Loosely based on Davis’s upbringing in the back-room of a record store in Mormonville, Utah, this unexpected fusion becomes a “spontaneous combustion” of matter turning into energy. In these poems we encounter Jesus, Judas, YouTube, Joseph Smith, Hollywood, the Knights of Templar, Missouri, Utah, a prostitute, turnips, libraries, and God. Spirituality and faith eventually become, like Mallarmé’s “Dice Thrown,” a game of chance: “I know only chance. My feet will \/ won’t hit ground.” Instead of choosing a faith based in the material world, which becomes a roll of the dice, Davis embraces the non-material of a pure energy: \u003ci\u003eLet there be light.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049531261168,"sku":"9781597092395","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781597092395_p0.jpg?v=1763810292","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781597092395","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}