{"product_id":"killing-orpheus-paperback","title":"Killing Orpheus - 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\u003eForester McClatchey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious collection of poems that reckon with life and death through the point of view of famous speakers throughout history and literature, spanning from Penelope to Frankenstein's monster.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A book that holds death in one hand and wonder in the other, \u003ci\u003e Killing Orpheus \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the horror of mortality, the brutality of history, and the gentle miracles of love. Using received forms, especially the sonnet, this collection cycles through various speakers, including an aging Penelope, Frankenstein's monster, Isaac beneath Abraham's blade, and an elephant in Hannibal's army. Here are sprays of flowers and hungry alligators, lethal snakes, and a baby's first breath. Here are poems that reckon with death, but for the sake of life. Here is a poetic consciousness that shows us we must dare to make \"a truce with loss\" in order to go \"spinning into love's bizarre abyss.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForester McClatchey \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet and critic from Atlanta, Georgia. He received his MFA from the University of Florida, and his work appears in \u003ci\u003e32 Poems, The Hopkins Review, Literary Matters, Subtropics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He teaches at Atlanta Classical Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451350008057,"sku":"9780887487255","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/hBVJRzjgUT9780887487255.webp?v=1772053582","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/killing-orpheus-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}