{"product_id":"shattered-sonnets-love-cards-and-other-off-and-back-handed-importunities-paperback","title":"Shattered Sonnets, Love Cards, and Other Off and Back Handed Importunities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlena Kalytiak Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlena Kalyiak Davis is a first-generation Ukrainian-American who was born and raised in Detroit. Educated at Wayne State University, the University of Michigan Law School, and Vermont College, she is the author of three books of poetry, including And Her Soul Out of Nothing (University of Wisconsin Press 1997), which received the Brittingham Prize for Poetry. Davis's honors include a Pushcart Prize and the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. She currently works as a lawyer in Anchorage, Alaska. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477398217011,"sku":"9781556594403","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/KW29SvbDgd9781556594403.webp?v=1781611842","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/shattered-sonnets-love-cards-and-other-off-and-back-handed-importunities-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}