{"product_id":"gut-renovations-paperback","title":"Gut Renovations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVincent Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA memoir in verse, Vincent Bell's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGut Renovations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the strength of someone who, against all odds, not only survived his painful past but prevailed. \"No one is without history,\" Bell writes, near the end of the collection, \"we just may be blind to it.\" Bell's poems plumb personal experiences as they provide vivid vignettes (in tight, clipped verse) of the various jobs, diversions, and vices he used to avoid the trauma of his early life. With the poetic heart of Frank O'Hara and the simple style of Ernest Hemingway, Vincent Bell has written a powerful, compelling account of a childhood shaped by secrets, sexual abuse, and silence. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGut Renovations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Jennifer Franklin, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Small Gift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Four Way Books)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the title of Vincent Bell's new book \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGut Renovations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e implies, there is serious work going on here - entire rooms - a life - stripped to the studs and rebuilt, by memory, by poetry. No, not rebuilt, for the old bones show through, the basic floor plan remains the same, but \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ereanimated.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIt's a testament to Mr. Bell's superb craftsmanship and unfailing recall of detail that, for example, we see with our own eyes, but more deeply, the subtle menace of even the most mundane objects. Reader, these are achingly moving odes to loss and recovery. They will gut you, and then, little by little amaze you with their reconstructed beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Daniel Lawless, editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of this startling debut is the negotiation between radical self-disclosure and the cool formality of human intercourse; a desire to unravel. These poems read like elegies but also fables, joining narratives of ritual with the epiphanies of the everyday, insights which so often only arrive in retrospective glances or waking dreams. Bell's ability to dig deep - and to keep drilling - provides exactly these gifts of reclamation. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGut Renovations\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Chris Campanioni, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA and B and Also Nothing, the Internet is for real, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath of Art\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePANK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and publisher of PANK Books\u003cbr\u003e\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 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744384290879,"sku":"9781639800247","price":30.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/741d15da5bfd67d1cfcbec703541f5e0.webp?v=1765168023","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/gut-renovations-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}