{"product_id":"vexations-paperback","title":"Vexations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnelyse Gelman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mother and daughter journey together through a strange speculative world in this experimental book-length poem.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Annelyse Gelman's book-length poem \u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eis a surreal, glitchy meditation on empathy, ecology, and precarity. Throughout the book winds a narrative about a mother and daughter as they move through a world of social and economic collapse in search of a post-capitalist safe haven. All the while, they also navigate a condition that affects the daughter's empathic abilities, making her vulnerable to emotional contagion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eis titled and structured after Erik Satie's composition of the same name, a piece that requires patience, endurance, and concentration from both its audience and its players. Similarly, Gelman's \u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eemploys repetition and variation to engage the reader's attention. Hers is an ambient poetry, drawing on the aesthetic qualities of drone music and sampling voices and sounds to create a lush literary backdrop filled with pulsing psychedelic detail. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnelyse Gelman\u003c\/b\u003e's work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e BOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePEN Poetry Serie\u003c\/i\u003es, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eEveryone I Love Is a Stranger to Someone\u003c\/i\u003e, the artist's book \u003ci\u003ePOOL\u003c\/i\u003e, and the EP\u003ci\u003e About Repulsion\u003c\/i\u003e. She also directs \u003ci\u003eMidst\u003c\/i\u003e, an experimental platform for capturing and sharing the writing processes of contemporary poets. She lives in Portland, Oregon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 56\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9.45 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701786120255,"sku":"9780226826110","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fe18c702d63588b5402b15e06e387b5c.webp?v=1765021962","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/vexations-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}