{"product_id":"normal-distance-9781593767334","title":"Normal Distance","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of funny and thought-provoking poems inspired by surprising facts that will appeal to poetry lovers and poetry haters alike, from the author of the essay collection \u003ci\u003eThe Unreality of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a work of sheer brilliance, beauty, and bravery\" (Andrew Sean Greer) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKnown to be both \"casually brilliant\" (Sandra Newman) and a \"ruthless self-examiner\" (Sarah Manguso), acclaimed writer Elisa Gabbert brings her \"questing, restless intelligence\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) to a new collection of poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns funny and chilling, these poems collect strange facts, interrogate language, and ask unanswerable questions that offer the pleasure of discovery on nearly every page: How does one suffer \"gladly,\" exactly? How bored are dogs? Which is more frightening, nothing or empty space? Was Wittgenstein sexy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in this collection are earwormy, ultracontemporary, essayistic, aphoristic, and philosophical--invitations to eavesdrop on a mind paying attention to itself. \u003ci\u003eNormal Distance\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about thinking and feeling, meaning and experience, trees and the weather, and the boredom and pain of living through time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16600607\"\u003eElisa Gabbert\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.55w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593767334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593767331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC022000\"\u003ePopular Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eELISA GABBERT\u003c\/b\u003e, a poet, critic, and essayist, is the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eThe Unreality of Memory: And Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Word Pretty\u003c\/i\u003e. She writes a regular poetry column for\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Her next collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eAny Person Is the Only Self\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44485235015917,"sku":"9781593767334","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_d49fb1a8-8ead-4f79-8916-454ec9388775.jpg?v=1700800572","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/normal-distance-9781593767334","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}