{"product_id":"now-were-getting-somewhere-poems-paperback","title":"Now We're Getting Somewhere: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Addonizio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Addonizio's sharp and irreverent eighth volume, \u003cem\u003eNow We're Getting Somewhere\u003c\/em\u003e, is an essential companion to your practice of the Finnish art of \u003cem\u003ekalsarikännit\u003c\/em\u003e--drinking at home, alone in your underwear, with no intention of going out. Imbued with the poet's characteristic precision and passion, the collection charts a hazardous course through heartache, climate change, dental work, \u003cem\u003eOutlander\u003c\/em\u003e, semiotics, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombatting existential gloom with a wicked, seductive energy, Addonizio investigates desire, loss, and the madness of contemporary life. She calls out to Walt Whitman and John Keats, echoes Dorothy Parker, and finds sisterhood with Virginia Woolf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes confessional, sometimes philosophical, these poems weave from desolation to drollery and clamor with raucous imagery: an insect in high heels, a wolf at an uncomfortable party, a glowing and self-serious guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poet whose \"voice lifts from the page, alive and biting\" (Sky Sanchez, San Francisco Book Review), Addonizio reminds her reader, \"\u003cem\u003eif you think nothing \u0026amp; \/ no one can \/ listen I love you joy is coming\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Kim Addonizio\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kim Addonizio's poetry gives me physical energy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator of \u003cem\u003eFleabag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Addonizio relishes in bringing together moments of pleasure and pain, the underside of love and disaster.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poets\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Only Kim Addonizio could mix Greek myths with psychopharmacology, Dante with a pinging iPhone, heartbreak with plastic pollution, and create a rare cocktail of wit and desire.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Diana Whitney, \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of America's best poets...With as much casual anguish, resilience, and unrelenting beauty, Kim Addonizio writes as though human survival in the raw requires a moral refutation of existential melancholy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Major Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e\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 0.63 x 8.11 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766864019744,"sku":"9781324021940","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/89094b70d701206a8846ecf86ce08201.webp?v=1780300215","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/now-were-getting-somewhere-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}