{"product_id":"ghostlit-poems-volume-34-paperback","title":"Ghostlit: Poems Volume 34 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheodora Ziolkowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Intimate, urgent, and relentlessly inventive, the poems in \u003ci\u003eGhostlit\u003c\/i\u003e reflect upon mythology and feminist pop culture and contemporary ideology as they may become embedded in the psyches and even the bodies of their inheritors. Through visceral and sometimes gothic-inspired images, mythological allusions, and the assemblage of strands of narrative, the poems in this collection chart the ways in which manipulative emotional strategies on individual and cultural levels inflict lingering harm upon minds and bodies. Throughout, the poems peel back the layers of what it means for an abuse survivor to reclaim a sense of self--long after the damage has been done. \"It turns out that the years I believed myself lucky\/were partly responsible for my thinking\/there was something deeply wrong with me\" could be understood as a refrain for the speaker in \u003ci\u003eGhostlit\u003c\/i\u003e or as a shorthand for a cautionary tale about how many survivors may be encouraged to deny the reality of abuse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e THEODORA ZIOLKOWSKI is the author of the novella, \u003ci\u003eOn the Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a Next Generation Indie Book Award. Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Writer's Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Prairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e no tokens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Oxford Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(UK), and \u003ci\u003eShort Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (England), among others. She teaches creative writing as an assistant professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.82 x 6.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733969604671,"sku":"9781680034103","price":28.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/787b9d058d275eab49394ffa5e4e0f56.webp?v=1765138149","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ghostlit-poems-volume-34-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}