{"product_id":"junkie-wife-paperback","title":"Junkie Wife - 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\u003eAlexis Rhone Fancher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alexis Rhone Fancher's poems are not for the squeamish--for anyone afraid of dirty words--but they are for anyone who has experienced mismatched desires, for anyone who has looked back at the past and felt relief tinged with regret, and as Fancher writes in \"Snapshots and Lies,\" \u003cem\u003ea miasma of scorching discontent. \u003c\/em\u003eWhich means all the rest of us. What you will encounter in this collection is the unraveling of a sick marriage and of a wife, but what you will take from the artful telling, careful verse, and precision of details, is the understanding that so much good art is born from survival.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Sonia Greenfield, author of \u003cem\u003eBoy with a Halo at Farmer's Market\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Not since Bukowski have we seen an L.A. like this; not since Simone de Beauvoir, such a force of feminine will; and not since Baudelaire, have we seen the dysfunctional marriage of vice and virtue as a means to attain the spiritual. \"No names were changed. No one was innocent.\" So begins Alexis Rhone Fancher's \u003cem\u003eJunkie Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, a stunning work of raw honesty that injects grit back into the bloodless veins of contemporary American poetry and holds it there until a dark and addicting beauty oozes out.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Clint Margrave author of \u003cem\u003eSalute the Wreckage \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Early Death of Men\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \"Junkie Wife,\" Alexis Rhone Fancher, has brilliantly given us a film noir in the form of 30 sharply crafted poem-scenes, each one flowing seamlessly into the next. A master of the cinematic zoom, Fancher directs us to an overwatered houseplant, or a spot on the floor and its poignancy ripples outward like radio waves. She smacks you again and again with the honesty of a moment, but you, like the characters in this story will not be able to walk away, nor will you want to. Sex, betrayal, and need are major players here and are exquisitely showcased with a narrative drive that will not let you put this chapbook down.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Francine Witte, author of \u003cem\u003eCaf  Crazy\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nothing shocks this poet with her sharp photographer's eye, her sustained attention on the grit and addiction and sex against the neon of Hollywood Blvd. And yet each admission, each detail so carefully wrought in its rawness and pain--a punch to the gut. Rhone Fancher's wit and candor born of survival are apparent in every line, the tongue-in-cheek and wink of every poem a delight to follow, as in \"Coercion\" after Margaret Atwood, in which the speaker plays with tradition in the brassy voice of \u003cem\u003eThe Junkie Wife\u003c\/em\u003e: \"Back then, we fit together like \/ cooking spoons in a drawer. \/\/ Bent spoons. A cadaver drawer.\" This poet recognizes the grime beneath the shimmer. She never looks away.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Jennifer Givhan, author of \u003cem\u003eLandscape with Headless Mama\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alexis Rhone Fancher doesn't flirt. Her poems are all energy; the images and narratives she chooses create a dynamic landscape. In \"Junkie Wife,\" her talents are on full display. The poems in this playful, sexy chapbook are fierce, thick flicks of her poetic capability, the kind of poetry you don't often get to experience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Darren C. Demaree, author of \u003cem\u003eTwo Towns Over\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350744973561,"sku":"9780997483741","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YWFCeUlQV1hUVDBxQmgvT05xQkNFQT09.webp?v=1769790143","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/junkie-wife-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}