{"product_id":"9781619321250","title":"Shattered Sonnets, Love Cards, and Other Off and Back Handed Importunities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eShattered Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e] breathes life into American verse . . . [an] urgent and unrepentant collection.\"—Rick Moody, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This convulsive book [\u003ci\u003eShattered Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e]—at times funny, at times sick at heart—refracts and defends a wondrous light.\"—Edward Hirsch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlena Kalytiak Davis's \u003ci\u003eShattered Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e has earned \"cult classic\" status and is an unremittingly electrifying collection brimming with intelligence, humor, and ardor. Drawing on an impressive array of forebears including Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, and Sylvia Plath, Davis overhauls the sonnet and revitalizes the confessional style in poems that leave no convention unquestioned, no expectation unthwarted, no letter, spelling, or line break unconsidered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"sweet reader, flannelled and tulled\":\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou are cold. You are sick. You are silly.\u003cbr\u003eForgive me, kind Reader, forgive me, I had not intended to step this quickly this far\u003cbr\u003eback. Reader, we had a quiet wedding: he\u0026amp;I, theparson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp;theclerk. Would I could, stead-fast, gracilefacile Reader! Last,\u003cbr\u003egood Reader, tarry with me, jessa-mine Reader. Dar-\u003cbr\u003e(jee)ling, bide! Bide, Reader, tired, and stay, stay, stray Reader,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003etrue. R.: I had been secretly hoping this would turn into a love\u003cbr\u003epoem. Disconsolate. Illiterate. Reader,\u003cbr\u003eI have cleared this space for you, for you, for you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlena Kalyiak Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three books of poetry and currently works as a lawyer in Anchorage, Alaska.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151697723632,"sku":"9781619321250","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619321250_p0.jpg?v=1763856816","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619321250","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}