{"product_id":"double-jinx-poems-paperback","title":"Double Jinx: Poems - 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\u003eNancy Reddy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected for the National Poetry Series by Alex Lemon, \u003cem\u003e Double Jinx\u003c\/em\u003e follows the multiple transformations--both figurative and literal--that accompany adolescence and adulthood, particularly for young women. Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Ovid's \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, the fairy tales in Anne Sexton's \u003cem\u003eTransformations\u003c\/em\u003e, and the shifting dreamscapes of Brigit Pegeen Kelly's work, these poems track speakers as they make and remake themselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA series of poems depict the character of Nancy Drew as she delves into an obsession with a doppelgänger. Cinderella wakes up to a pumpkin and a tattered dress after her prince grows tired of her. A young girl obsessed with fairy tales becomes fascinated with a copy of \u003cem\u003eGray's Anatomy\u003c\/em\u003e in which she finds a \"pink girl pinned to the page as if in vivisection. Could she \/ be pink inside like that? No decent girl \/ would go around the world like that, uncooked.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection produces an understanding of the ways we construct ourselves, whether by way of imitation, performance, or transformation. And it looks forward as well, for in coming to understand our identities as essentially malleable, we are liberated. Or, as the author writes, \"we'll be our own gods now.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Reddy's\u003c\/b\u003e poems have been published in \u003ci\u003e32 Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTupelo Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e of 2011 (selected by D.A. Powell), with poems forthcoming in \u003ci\u003ePost Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Poetry from the Midwest\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds an M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, where she is currently a doctoral candidate in composition and rhetoric. She lives in Madison, WI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353811239161,"sku":"9781571314772","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/qbk7rgy4SN9781571314772.webp?v=1769828590","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/double-jinx-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}