{"product_id":"the-pain-cycle-paperback","title":"The Pain Cycle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexandria Wyckoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pain Cycle, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e a torn ACL, surgery involving a cadaver specimen transplant, and the long aftermath of recovery become a taut locus of inquiry about identity, endurance, and transformation. \"Sometimes you have to get a little dead inside,\" Wyckoff writes, in service of the way toward wholeness. These visceral poems reimagine woundedness and healing from eyes of an alien, Frankenstein's monster, and a time traveler, all while probing the difficult curriculum of pain, and how \"new scars spark\" revival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Laura Reece Hogan, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eButterfly Nebula\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandria Wyckoff's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pain Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e charts the path from injury to recovery following a torn ACL. This path is not linear; instead, it circles and swerves, becomes otherworldly, as Wyckoff explores through the persona of an alien woven through the book. Wyckoff asks what it means to navigate an \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e body, one dependent on two new \"metal limbs\" that \"\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eclick, click, click\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\" as they carry her. While this collection will especially resonate with those who have experienced injury and its aftermath, Wyckoff's innovative use of form and her fresh descriptions-the injury \"like a cello \/ string stretched \/ to its limits,\" or the way the \"barren trees creak in the wind\" as the speaker finally finds her footing-will speak to any reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -Laura Donnelly, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwest Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandria Wyckoff's poems lead us from a gymnasium's shiny, waxed floor into the hands of a doctor injecting nerve blockers-from a high school girl's revealing Google search history into the cold shock of glacial runoff in a spruce-shaded valley. Better still, Wyckoff guides us from the claustrophobic desperation of the wounded into the laughter, spin and chase of a life on the mend, an alien becoming human again. A promising start from a writer to watch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 62\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733697630271,"sku":"9781639804993","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6b817fc32fa4b8741639a7df86055886.webp?v=1765136989","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-pain-cycle-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}