{"product_id":"banana-palace-paperback","title":"Banana Palace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDana Levin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImages that are satisfyingly clear . . . and excitingly inexplicable. --Robert Pinsky, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate and hypnotic . . . whether turning her gaze inward or outward, these poems question the moral, aesthetic, and metaphysical needs that poetry exists to fill. --\u003ci\u003ePloughshares \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLevin's work is phenomenological; it details how it feels to be an embodied consciousness making its way through the world. --\u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her newest collection, Dana Levin uses humor, jump-cut imagery, and popular culture references in preparation for the approaching apocalypse. Against a backdrop of Facebook, cat memes, and students searching their smartphones for a definition of the soul, Levin draws upon a culture of limited attention spans as it searches for greater spiritual meaning. The poems in Banana Palace are elliptical by design, the lines often trailing off into a white space of their own making, as if flirting with and resolving in their own isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt was the most glorious thing I had ever seen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCross-section of a banana under a microscope\u003cbr\u003ethe caption read.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI hunched around my little screen\u003cbr\u003esharing a fruit no one could eat.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana Levin\u003c\/b\u003e has published three books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eWedding Day\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon), \u003ci\u003eSky Burial\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon), and her first book, \u003ci\u003eIn the Surgical Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e, won the APR\/Honickman Award. A teacher of poetry for over twenty years, Levin splits her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Maryville University in St. Louis, where she serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDana Levin: Dana Levin has published three books of poetry, Wedding Day (Copper Canyon), Sky Burial (Copper Canyon), and her first book, In the Surgical Theatre, won the APR\/Honickman Award in 1999. A teacher of poetry for over twenty years, Levin splits her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Maryville University in St. Louis, where she serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence.\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 0.3 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760543334688,"sku":"9781556595059","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7fe734ac559f8e91f2f9b41f5b5ca2f9.webp?v=1780182871","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/banana-palace-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}