{"product_id":"9781617751233","title":"The Ravenous Audience (Black Goat)","description":"\"Christianity or cuisine, cinema or sex manuals, Eros or Thanatos, Artaud or Marilyn Monroe? Marry or suture or eat all of them and you are close to Ravenous. A brutal tour de force.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJuan Felipe Herrera\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHalf of the World in Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Durbin's debut volume sizzles...Throughout this deeply feminist, groundbreaking collection, she employs both the elemental forces of her intellect and a vigorous intensity of startling imagery to implode or explode conventional notions of sexuality and womanhood.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMaurya Simon\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eCartographies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Durbin writes first-rate traditional lyric poems, while at other times she writes poems that push the limits of the avant-garde and, most amazingly, at other times, she makes a loving marriage of the two! This is an exceptional debut by a young poet burning with talent.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eThomas Lux\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eGod Particles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack Goat is an independent poetry imprint of Akashic Books created and curated by award-winning Nigerian author Chris Abani (author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming Abigail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSong for Night\u003c\/i\u003e). Black Goat is committed to publishing well-crafted poetry with a focus on experimental or thematically challenging work. The series aims to create a proportional representation of female poets and non-American poets, particularly poets from Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Red Riding Hood, Jezebel, Catherine Breillat's Fat Girl, Marilyn Monroe, Amelia Earhart, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Christ--these are only a few of the archetypal and pop cultural characters that populate Kate Durbin's strange and mesmerizing coming-of-age poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Ravenous Audience\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158821617904,"sku":"9781617751233","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617751233_p0.jpg?v=1763850663","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617751233","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}