{"product_id":"the-pedestrians-paperback","title":"The Pedestrians - 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\u003eRachel Zucker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZucker is a poet of bottom-scraping, blood-chilling existential anxiety, one among many, and a poet of New York City, one among many, and a poet of American Jewish inheritance, one among many, and one of the funniest, too.--\u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Zucker returns to themes of motherhood, marriage, and the life of an artist in this double collection of poems. \u003ci\u003eFables\u003c\/i\u003e, written in prose form, shows the reader different settings (mountains, ocean, Paris) of Zucker's travels and meditations on place. \u003ci\u003eThe Pedestrians\u003c\/i\u003e brings us back to her native New York and the daily frustrations of a woman torn by obligations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat Great Diaspora\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll never leave New York \u0026amp; when I do\u003cbr\u003eI too will be unbodied--what? you\u003cbr\u003eimagine I might transmogrify? I'm from\u003cbr\u003enowhere which means here \u0026amp; so wade out\u003cbr\u003einto the briny dream of elsewheres like\u003cbr\u003ea released dybbyk but can't stand\u003cbr\u003ethe soulessness now everyone who ever\u003cbr\u003emade sense to me has died \u0026amp; everyone I love\u003cbr\u003egrows from my body like limbs on a rootless tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Zucker\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMuseum of Accidents\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Clear Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEating in the Underworld\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnnunciation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Zucker is the author of \u003ci\u003eMuseum of Accidents\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2009), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Wife Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University, 2007), \u003ci\u003e The Last Clear Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University, 2004), \u003ci\u003eEating in the Underworld\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University, 2003), and \u003ci\u003eAnnunciation\u003c\/i\u003e (The Center for Book Arts, 2002), as well as the co-editor (with Arielle Greenberg) of \u003ci\u003eStarting Today: 100 Poems for Obama's First 100 Days\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections\u003c\/i\u003e (both from the University of Iowa Press). She is co-author (also with Arielle Greenberg) of \u003ci\u003eHome\/birth: a poemic\u003c\/i\u003e, a nonfiction book about birth, friendship, and feminism. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eMOTHERs\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published by Counterpath Press in 2013. A graduate of Yale and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Zucker teaches at NYU and the 92nd Street Y. She currently lives in NYC with her husband and three sons and was awarded an National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47225955582201,"sku":"9781933517896","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eVU1N2tha1NwOVp5SmZBZWM2TFN3dz09.webp?v=1768252702","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-pedestrians-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}