{"product_id":"domestirexia-poems-paperback","title":"Domestirexia: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoanna Novak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetry collection contorting the idea of home away from being a site of comfort and nourishment by coaxing the reader to think about domesticity in knotty new ways\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDomestirexia\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond the entanglement of \"domestic\" and \"anorexia\" exploring a behind-closed-doors sensuality, borne in the concept of making home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHome can be a space of both resistance and discomfort that one desires or takes pleasure in enjoying. Rote notions of home and the domestic are reimagined in these poems as estranging, excessive, and populated by unknowable characters. Exploring themes of family, sacrifice, disease, death, money, cooking, romance, sex, art, and the visceral qualities of the everyday, the poems twist themselves into binds for the reader to undo or surrender to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuarantined at her in-law's house during Covid, Novak wrote these poems while watching \u003ci\u003eThe Great British Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e, reading \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Habits of Highly Effective People\u003c\/i\u003e, skimming Grimm Brothers fairy tales, and babysitting an infant. These are poems about wanting to misbehave. Light voyeurism at home, with gin and cake.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoAnna Novak's memoir \u003ci\u003eContradiction Days\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Catapult in July 2023. Her short story collection \u003ci\u003eMeaningful Work\u003c\/i\u003e won the Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest and was published by FC2. She is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eI Must Have You\u003c\/i\u003e and three books of poetry: \u003ci\u003eNew Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAbeyance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth America\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eNoirmania\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications.\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 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750494306592,"sku":"9781593767631","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2047ac07f061bb906549c48c89a7c401.webp?v=1779951125","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/domestirexia-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}