{"product_id":"punishment-bag-poems-paperback","title":"Punishment Bag: 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\u003eJake Fournier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn conversation with collections like John Ashbery's \u003ci\u003eSome Trees\u003c\/i\u003e and Wallace Stevens's \u003ci\u003eHarmonium\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePunishment Bag\u003c\/i\u003e is a daring poetry debut that carves its own unsettling territory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJake Fournier's \u003ci\u003ePunishment Bag\u003c\/i\u003e asserts that poetry ought to exceed its author's intelligence. At once caustic and tender, this daring debut spans from dense, refractory lyrics to lucid narratives. As ghosts materialize at the periphery of late-night dialogues and spiritual seekers slide into hedonic disaffection, ordinary objects--creamer cups and plush koalas--accrue bizarre, sacred resonance. The collection hopscotches from the American Southwest to the exurbs of Paris and culminates in a piercing, Eliotic prose poem created from a destabilizing selection of autobiographical notes. Tracing the growth of a poet's mind, \u003ci\u003ePunishment Bag \u003c\/i\u003eextends its readers an irresistible invitation to grow in turn, to delight in the tactile density of language, and, against a backdrop of ecocide and systemic injustice, to discover new ways to make meaning.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJake Fournier\u003c\/b\u003e is a firefighter living and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He teaches in the graduate program at the Institute of American Indian Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354282311929,"sku":"9780826369222","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/BD3AoMAdX-9780826369222.webp?v=1769833483","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/punishment-bag-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}