{"product_id":"9781882295999","title":"Obscenely Yours","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fearless debut transcends the obscene with its self-conscious probing of sexual identity. Navigating each line with a tender awareness and a luminous honesty, Angelo Nikolopoulos exposes the complex worlds of forbidden desire and vulnerability. His lyric poems boldly defy social norms with their uninhibited passion for revealing the tangled intricacies of beauty and shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom \"Take the Body Out\":\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBut I love the body.\u003cbr\u003eEven before the arm and leg buds appeared\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ein the fifth week after they made me\u003cbr\u003einside the mouth’s outline\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e my tongue’s rough draft\u003cbr\u003ewhere I’d first learn pleasure and need\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ethrough the lips in sequence—\u003cbr\u003eliquids before solids, milk before steel-tip\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eand split pea soup, cotton-edged quilt\u003cbr\u003eto stubbled frame of mouth.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eI love the body\u003cbr\u003ebookended by introduction and conclusion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ewhere we learned in high school\u003cbr\u003eto imbed our details:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ein his beech-blond desk bored with Pythagoras\u003cbr\u003ehe’d lean forward\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eand I’d love the body that wasn’t mine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAngelo Nikolopoulos\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in California and is a graduate of New York University’s creative writing program. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets 2011\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eNew York Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e , and elsewhere. He was the recipient of the 2011 Discovery\/ \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e prize for poetry and has taught creative writing at several institutions, including New York University and Rutgers University. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032873255152,"sku":"9781882295999","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781882295999_p0.jpg?v=1763604299","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781882295999","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}