{"product_id":"interrobang-paperback","title":"Interrobang - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Piazza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExisting at the intersection of darkness and play, the noisy, irreverent, and self-conscious poems in \u003ci\u003eInterrobang\u003c\/i\u003e take clinical \"phobias\" and clinical \"philias\" as their conceit. Each poem makes its own music, the crescendos and decrescendos born of obsessions over anxiety and lust. Encompassing a range of forms (but mostly sonnets), each piece toes the line between traditional meter and contemporary sonic play, while a tell-tale heart beats beneath the floor of the collection, constantly reminding us of our shames, fears, and the clock's unrelenting ticking. Through individual stories about love, degradation of the self, the redemptive power of genuine humility, and the refuge offered by art and language, \u003ci\u003eInterrobang\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2012 A Room of Her Own Foundation To the Lighthouse Poetry Publication Prize, illustrates how even the worst-case scenario of these pathologies are, fundamentally, just extensions of the dark truths to which every one of us can relate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Piazza was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She has a BS in Journalism from Boston University, an MA in Creative Writing from the UT Austin, and is a PhD candidate in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California. She co-founded \u003ci\u003eBat City Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGold Line Press\u003c\/i\u003e, is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Offending Adam\u003c\/i\u003e, and has blogged for \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Barrelhouse\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMid-American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Missouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRattle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHobart, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForklift, Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals. She is the winner of the 2011 A Room of Her Own Foundation \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e Publication Prize. \u003ci\u003eInterrobang\u003c\/i\u003e is her first collection of poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714458423359,"sku":"9781597097222","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ed748b95591d82a314ec79dcf65a5d41.webp?v=1765068235","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/interrobang-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}