{"product_id":"the-ravenous-audience-9781933354880","title":"The Ravenous Audience","description":"Christianity or cuisine, cinema or sex manuals, Eros or Thanatos, Artaud or Marilyn Monroe? Marry or suture or eat all of them and you are close to Ravenous. A brutal tour de force.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJuan Felipe Herrera\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHalf of the World in Light\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDurbin's debut volume sizzles...Throughout this deeply feminist, groundbreaking collection, she employs both the elemental forces of her intellect and a vigorous intensity of startling imagery to implode or explode conventional notions of sexuality and womanhood.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMaurya Simon\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eCartographies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDurbin writes first-rate traditional lyric poems, while at other times she writes poems that push the limits of the avant-garde and, most amazingly, at other times, she makes a loving marriage of the two  This is an exceptional debut by a young poet burning with talent.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eThomas Lux\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eGod Particles\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlack Goat is an independent poetry imprint of Akashic Books created and curated by award-winning Nigerian author Chris Abani (author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming Abigail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSong for Night\u003c\/i\u003e). Black Goat is committed to publishing well-crafted poetry with a focus on experimental or thematically challenging work. The series aims to create a proportional representation of female poets and non-American poets, particularly poets from Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLittle Red Riding Hood, Jezebel, Catherine Breillat's Fat Girl, Marilyn Monroe, Amelia Earhart, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Christ--these are only a few of the archetypal and pop cultural characters that populate Kate Durbin's strange and mesmerizing coming-of-age poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Ravenous Audience\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4674307\"\u003eKate Durbin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933354880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933354887\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-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC028000\"\u003eWomen's Studies\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-POE023000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | General\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-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Durbin\u003c\/b\u003e is a Los Angeles based writer and artist. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ravenous Audience, E! Entertainment, \u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAbra, \u003c\/i\u003e an iPad app and artist's book created with the help of an NEA grant from the Center for Book and Paper Arts and Columbia College Chicago. She is founding editor of the online pop culture criticism journal, \u003ci\u003eGaga Stigmata.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44575244255469,"sku":"9781933354880","price":23.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7aaee606-62fd-4303-992e-671998bf5bca.jpg?v=1701994989","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-ravenous-audience-9781933354880","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}