{"product_id":"9781938584015","title":"Viral","description":"\u003cp\u003e“One boy leaps from a bridge into a river, and the ripples from his fall ring out to encompass a nation. All that remains unspoken in the reportage—the sorrow and compassion and anger—is given eloquent voice as Suzanne Parker documents another tragedy that challenges our political experiment. Grief-stricken and abiding, \u003ci\u003eViral\u003c\/i\u003e addresses our ongoing struggle for democracy.” —Michael Waters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in response to the tragic suicide of Tyler Clementi, \u003ci\u003eViral\u003c\/i\u003e explores the complex issues of sexuality, shame, and masculinity. Grief and loss guide us as Suzanne Parker investigates the issues of privacy, voyeurism, and human contact, seeking to understand what it means to live in a world where technology can quickly turn a dark computer screen into an open window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eOnly Kissing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe webcam showed only the two men kissing\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the eyes now\u003cbr\u003ea wilderness—\u003cbr\u003ewhen the birds open\u003cbr\u003etheir beaks\u003cbr\u003enot in song,\u003cbr\u003ebut a breath\u003cbr\u003eescapes from the rigor\u003cbr\u003eof killing and feeding\u003cbr\u003eand climbing to find,\u003cbr\u003eagain, the swaying\u003cbr\u003eof the grass, the nudging\u003cbr\u003ea body makes as it moves,\u003cbr\u003eno matter how\u003cbr\u003equietly, through\u003cbr\u003ethe world,\u003cbr\u003esetting its neighbors\u003cbr\u003ein motion—\u003cbr\u003eHow do you sleep\u003cbr\u003ewhen the siren\u003cbr\u003eis your own exhaled cry:\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh Christ.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Parker\u003c\/b\u003e 's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBarrow Street\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eCimarron Review\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eRattapallax\u003c\/i\u003e , and numerous other journals. She is a winner of the Alice M. Sellars Award from the Academy of American Poets, was a poetry fellow at the Prague Summer Seminars, and has received fellowships and scholarships from Sarah Lawrence College Summer Writers Seminar and \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e . Suzanne directs the creative writing program at Brookdale Community College and is an editor for \u003ci\u003eMEAD: A Magazine of Literature and Libations\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060164575472,"sku":"9781938584015","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938584015_p0.jpg?v=1763664499","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938584015","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}