{"product_id":"9781933517520","title":"The Bigger World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Characterized by an utter irreducibility, Noelle Kocot's poetry displays an elemental movement of thinking and suggests a poetics of vision. . .one of loss and the impossible yet necessary compensations for loss—an awfully complex yet perfectly human vision.\"—Jean-Paul Pecqueur, \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom \"True Story\":\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmmonia was Millie's favorite scent.\u003cbr\u003eShe'd sniff it for hours on end\u003cbr\u003eUntil she was so high that\u003cbr\u003eShe passed out. When she awoke,\u003cbr\u003eShe'd ride her dog, a giant poodle,\u003cbr\u003eHorticulturally shaved, in circles\u003cbr\u003eAround the kitchen. One day,\u003cbr\u003eShe looked down at the linoleum\u003cbr\u003eAnd saw small animals drawn\u003cbr\u003ein the crevices. \"That Booty is\u003cbr\u003eDespicable!\" she shouted at her\u003cbr\u003eDog, who gazed off into the distance.\u003cbr\u003eBooty was her ex-husband who\u003cbr\u003eRan off with a barmaid. . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fifth book of poetry, critically acclaimed Noelle Kocot turns her deft poetic eye to the private lives of others, exploring the quirks, foibles, and lifelong relationships of an array of characters—real and mythological. Funny, unpredictable, and deliciously dark, these poems celebrate the manifold possibilities of love and human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNoelle Kocot\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eSunny Wednesday\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoem for the End of Time and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e . She has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Academy of American Poets, the Fund for Poetry, and the American Poetry Review. She currently lives in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056917102832,"sku":"9781933517520","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933517520_p0.jpg?v=1763640939","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933517520","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}