{"product_id":"jagadakeer-apology-to-the-body-paperback","title":"Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLory Bedikian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Raz\/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJagadakeer: Apology to the Body\u003c\/i\u003e presents the voice of a daughter of immigrant parents, now gone, from Lebanon and Syria and of Armenian descent. In this five-part testimony Lory Bedikian reconstructs the father figure, mother figure, and the self. Using a sestina, syllabics, prose poems, and longer poetic sequences, Bedikian creates elegies for parents lost and self-elegiac lyrics and narratives for living with illness. Often interrupted with monologues and rants, the poems grapple with the disorder of loss and the body's failures. Ultimately, Bedikian contemplates the concept of fate, destiny (jagadakeer), and the excavation of memory--whether to question familial inheritance or claim medical diagnoses. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLory Bedikian\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Lamenting\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. Her poems have been published in multiple journals, including \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAdroit Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches poetry workshops in Los Angeles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752953905440,"sku":"9781496240125","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6a0034dd4cbdf33581ac7bb9e2ca8a87.jpg?v=1780008436","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/jagadakeer-apology-to-the-body-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}