{"product_id":"9781772140538","title":"Ignite","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePoetry. A finalist for the Alfred G. Bailey Prize, IGNITE is a collection of elegiac and experimental poetry powder- kegged with questions about one man's lifelong struggle with schizophrenia. Born into a strict Mennonite family, Abe Spenst's mental illness spanned three decades in and out of mental institutions where he underwent electric shock treatment and coma-induced insulin therapy.\u003cp\u003eMerging memory and medical records, Kevin Spenst recreates his father's life through a cuckoo's nest of styles that both stand as witness and waltz to the interplay between memory, emotion and all our forms of becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...with a fearless layering of voice, IGNITE is upfront and unswerving. A novel- esque torrent tracing a troubling history of illness, part confrontation and part chronicle, this collection is daring with its dark narrative. Here is a willingness for, and enviable strength in, extending poetic range. Ignite heals and ascends. There are books that need to be written and this is one of them. This is a collection which gives more and more with every read.\"—Sandra Ridley, judge, Alfred G. Bailey Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA selection of poems from IGNITE won the Lush Triumphant Award for Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anvil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49789462675696,"sku":"9781772140538","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781772140538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}