{"product_id":"dearest-creature-paperback","title":"Dearest Creature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Gerstler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA surreal new collection from an acclaimed poet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHallucinogenic plants chant in chorus. A thoughtful dog grants an interview. A caterpillar offers life advice. Amy Gerstler's newest collection of poetry, Dearest Creature, marries fact and fiction in a menagerie of dramatic monologues, twisted love poems, and epistolary pleadings. Drawing on sources as disparate as Lewis Carroll and Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as abnormal psychology, etiquette, and archaeology texts, these darkly imaginative poems probe what it means to be a sentient, temporary, flesh-and-blood beast, to be hopelessly, vividly creaturely.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Gerstler\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including the \u003cb\u003eParis Review\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e. Her 1990 book \u003cb\u003eBitter Angel\u003c\/b\u003e won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Previous titles from Penguin are \u003cb\u003eCrown of Weeds\u003c\/b\u003e, 1997, and \u003cb\u003eNerve Storm\u003c\/b\u003e, 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9.1 x 5.76 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695677345855,"sku":"9780143116356","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/268700af894862d4ed159c0c8be3c864.webp?v=1765004676","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dearest-creature-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}