{"product_id":"out-of-order-paperback-1","title":"Out of Order - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexis Sears\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut collection featuring formally diverse poems that address topics from misogyny and mental health to race and identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alexis Sears's debut collection, \u003ci\u003eOut of Order\u003c\/i\u003e, is a collage of unapologetic intimacy, risk-taking vulnerability, and unwavering candor. A biracial millennial woman, Sears navigates the challenges of growing out of girlhood and into womanhood with its potential dangers, interrogating the male gaze, beauty standards, and confidence and identity. Pop culture references run through the collection, with rock icons David Bowie and Prince and poets like Kenneth Koch offering windows into desire and adaptation. In these poems, Sears works through heavy topics, such as loneliness, mental illness, chronic pain, the legacies of race and racism, and the aftermath of a father's suicide. As she writes, \"I'm learning something every ravishing day \/ and none of it is easy.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This young poet demonstrates an uncommon mastery of craft, writing in forms including the sonnet redoublé, sestina, canzone, and villanelle. With all her linguistic skills, Sears's work remains approachable, offering readers a striking blend of honesty, humor, anguish, joy, and surprise. Drawing influence from contemporary poets like Mark Jarman, Erica Dawson, and Tiana Clark, Sears cuts a path of her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of Order \u003c\/i\u003ewas the 2021 winner of the Donald Justice Poetry Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Sears\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Northern California, where she teaches sixth-grade English. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eThe Cortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHopkins Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCimarron Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBirmingham Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.82 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766742876448,"sku":"9781637680322","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cce1f00d57b511aeaa6f6457af769296.webp?v=1780298007","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/out-of-order-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}