{"product_id":"oxblood-poems-paperback","title":"Oxblood: 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\u003eNicole Caruso Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOxblood\u003c\/em\u003e, Nicole Caruso Garcia's debut poetry collection, testifies unflinchingly about the short- and long-term effects of a college student's rape by her fiancé. As the poet engages with this serious topic, her arsenal includes wit, wordplay, and even humor. The diverse structures of traditional received forms-the sonnet, the sestina, various French repeating forms, the Afghan landay, blues tercets-form interesting contrasts with free verse poems in this collection. \u003cem\u003eOxblood\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the 2022 Able Muse Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eOXBLOOD\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOxblood\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection so fierce and yet so vulnerable that it demands to be read in one sitting, even though some of the poems leave you raw. And you return to interrogate those poems because of the book s haunting question: How do you survive an act of sexual violence that is also an intimate emotional betrayal? Garcia s themes are intense, but their impact is made stunning by her mastery of craft her subtle rhymes and the carefully chosen forms that resonate with this new poet s breathtaking voice as she does her best to shape neat squares from exit wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Anna M. Evans, author of \u003cem\u003eUnder Dark Waters: . . . the Titanic\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSisters \u0026amp; Courtesans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book of Ovidian elaboration and imagination. Rape, the subject, leaves an awful legacy in the human being who has suffered it and is condemned to remember. The color of this memory, the oxblood of the title, reminds us of the carnality of victimhood and sacrifice. In poetry of the highest quality, verse that never fails to be first rate, the savagery of sexual assault is stitched indelibly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Mark Jarman, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Heronry: Poems\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDailiness: Essays\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamn, this book comes at you, from the first sound to the last syllable. Nicole Caruso Garcia s \u003cem\u003eOxblood\u003c\/em\u003e stares into the abyss of sexual and systemic violence and does not blink nor succumb to victimhood or defeat. Rather, it rises on sinewed wings of resistance, resilience, and grace. At every moment the searing language and harrowing content threaten to snap against the hurricane high-wire tension created by Garcia s deft use of fixed forms such as blank verse, triolets, villanelles, and haiku. And yet Garcia finds her way sublimely through the storm, tearing death shrouds into poems that attempt to embrace the creatures coiled around your limbs. \u003cem\u003eOxblood\u003c\/em\u003e, beautiful with brokenness, is a fierce and fearless debut by a breathtakingly gifted and badass poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Matt W. Miller, author of \u003cem\u003eTender the River\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Wounded for the Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicole Caruso Garcia is an American poet and educator. She serves as associate poetry editor at \u003cem\u003eAble Muse\u003c\/em\u003e and as an executive board member at Poetry by the Sea, an annual poetry conference. Her work appears in journals such as \u003cem\u003eAtticus Review, Crab Orchard Review, DIAGRAM, Measure, Mezzo Cammin, Modern Haiku, ONE ART: a journal of poetry, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eOrchards, PANK, Plume\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eRaintown Review, Rattle, RHINO, Sonora Review, Spillway, Tupelo Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and the anthologies \u003cem\u003eExtreme Sonnets\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eExtreme Formal Poems\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work has received the Willow Review Award, won a 2021 Best New Poets honor, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47225501942009,"sku":"9781773491059","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cWt4aW82OHUrY1JRUFlrRGhmc3FuZz09.webp?v=1768246509","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/oxblood-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}