{"product_id":"loner-forensics-poems-paperback","title":"Loner Forensics: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThea Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third collection of poetry from Thea Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eThink of the Danger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLoner Forensics\u003c\/i\u003e, Thea Brown dreams up and dissects a city beset by unexplained disappearances, roving silences, and climate collapse. This sprawling collection comprises a series of interviews with denizens of the shifting city, each mediated through the lonely lens of the Detective, a character whose refractive investigation atomizes the scene. As much a study of complicity as a critique of capitalism's distortive effects on human emotional response, \u003ci\u003eLoner Forensics\u003c\/i\u003e questions what happens when our innermost terrains become newly unfamiliar in an unraveling natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dark, fractured, and canny, Brown's shimmering third collection draws on parallel universes, 1980s video games, social media pop-speak, and ghost towns to immerse the reader in grief, utopia, disaster--and, ultimately, love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHEA BROWN\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003eWe Are Fantastic\u003c\/i\u003e and two previous poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eThink of the Danger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFamous Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Originally from the Hudson Valley in New York, she was a Truman Capote Fellow at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and now lives in Baltimore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.98 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696953495615,"sku":"9780810146235","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dc19e8a6f353b5430f998bd5ce44c75b.webp?v=1765007924","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/loner-forensics-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}