{"product_id":"tapping-out-poems-paperback","title":"Tapping Out: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNandi Comer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relentless motions and blinding colors of lucha libre, the high-flying wrestling sport, are the arresting backdrop to Nandi Comer's collection \u003ci\u003eTapping Out\u003c\/i\u003e. Mexican freestyle wrestling becomes the poet's lyrical motif, uncovering what is behind the intricate masks we wear in society and our search for place within our personal histories. Comer's poetic narratives include explorations of violence, trauma, and identity. The exquisite complications of the black experience in settled and unsettled spaces propel her linear explorations, which challenge the idea of metaphor and cadence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The harsh realities of being migrant and immigrant, being birthright and oppressed, are as hard-pressed as the \u003ci\u003eplancha \u003c\/i\u003emove to the body. Each poem in \u003ci\u003eTapping Out\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"freestyle movement\" of language and complexity put on full display, under the bright lights and roars of survival. Comer's splendid and barbed, Detroit style of language melts the masks with searing words. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNANDI COMER\u003c\/b\u003e received a joint M.F.A.\/M.A. in poetry and African American and African diaspora studies at Indiana University Bloomington. She has received fellowships from the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, Cave Canem, Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Arts. She has been named a Kresge Artist Fellow and her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in the\u003ci\u003e Blueshift Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrab Orchard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreen Mountains Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eluck\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Indiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \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 0.5 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736005480511,"sku":"9780810142091","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ec035e21d1a8ece8b8ebbee2b0af230a.webp?v=1765145402","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/tapping-out-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}