{"product_id":"a-human-moon-paperback","title":"A Human Moon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlleliah Nuguid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlleliah Nuguid's debut poetry collection, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA HUMAN MOON \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ewon the 2022 Dynamo Verlag Book Contest. These forty-five powerful poems work in a broad array of forms, at once playful and serious, taking risks, toying with readers' expectations and delivering seemingly effortless \u003cem\u003ecoups de gr稍e\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree-time Poet Laureate of the United States, \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Pinsky, \u003c\/strong\u003e said: \u003cstrong\u003e \"\u003c\/strong\u003eAlleliah Nuguid's \u003cem\u003eA Human Moon\u003c\/em\u003e deals with culture and cultures intimately and abundantly, with fiery imagination, intellectual daring and rich verbal music.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaisley Rekdal\u003c\/strong\u003e, Poet Laureate of Utah and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting In\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIntimate\u003c\/em\u003e, said: \"In \u003cem\u003eA Human Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, ancient myths weave indistinguishably into our contemporary world while figurative concepts become literal identities: a young woman ghosted by a lover might, for example, be an actual ghost herself, while the horror movie trope of a cabin in the woods becomes an actual part of the reader's body, the cabin itself not just \"a plot on the map\" but a structure \"inscribed on your own back.\" In this wonderful, weird, and always surprising debut, we find a fascinating blend of autobiography and fable, ecocriticism and race theory, where any body might finally become a \"reproducible ornament\" a brilliance, a monster.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Coles\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eWayward\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLook Both Ways\u003c\/em\u003e, said: \"The poems in Alleliah Nuguid's terrific collection, \u003cem\u003eA Human Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003egive us a look at the future of American poetry. They reach into both Filipino and American storytelling and cultural practices, considering where story sits beside or bleeds into myth. Along the way, they comment (often wryly) on horrors pop-cultural, ecological, and elemental; on jealousy or the failures of romance and parenthood; on genetic legacy; on navigating multiple identities; on gender; on our animal selves. Expressing themselves often through sharp wit, through camp, and through bumps in the night, they remain always brainy, always lyrical, and always and ever inventive and engaging.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarl Kirchwey\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eStumbling Blocks: Roman Poems\u003c\/em\u003e and Professor of English and Creative Writing at Boston University, said: \"In her debut poetry collection \u003cem\u003eA Human Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, Alleliah Nuguid combines verbal resourcefulness and acoustic play with an appropriately-global command of folklore and mythology-Philippine and Greco-Roman-to depict a realm of constant and sometimes violent metamorphosis. Cosmogony, theogony, catastrophe: these are the ancient words that describe the blurt and flare, not only of worlds in formation, but of the human self in formation, in her work. Sometimes the most interesting poetic companions are both formidable \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e vulnerable: Nuguid is capable of being both.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352504942841,"sku":"9781088273920","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/W7MhCHKUwz9781088273920.webp?v=1769810990","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-human-moon-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}