{"product_id":"the-woman-with-a-cat-on-her-shoulder-and-other-riffs-9780887486838","title":"The Woman with a Cat on Her Shoulder: And Other Riffs","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poetic meditation on the terror of extinction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Woman with a Cat on Her Shoulder\u003c\/i\u003e is a gathering of \"punk formalist\" lyrics that collectively are a meditation not on mortality so much as on the terror of extinction, how that terror is the reservoir of love. Katrovas declaims from the margins of faith, the cliff edge of doubt, seeking to measure the conductivity of private troubles to public issues. Katrovas' \"riffs\" are verse essays jotted in the antechambers of nightmares and erotic dreams. \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-15277624\"\u003eRichard Katrovas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carnegie-Mellon University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780887486838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0887486835\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-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Katrovas\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seventeen books of prose and verse. He taught for twenty years at the University of New Orleans, and since 2003 at Western Michigan University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carnegie-Mellon University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44456822178029,"sku":"9780887486838","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f80c9e7b-1b8d-4dd1-b078-ef2ab5064ff1.jpg?v=1700409288","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-woman-with-a-cat-on-her-shoulder-and-other-riffs-9780887486838","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}