{"product_id":"vexations-9780226826110","title":"Vexations","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mother and daughter journey together through a strange speculative world in this experimental book-length poem.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Annelyse Gelman's book-length poem \u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eis a surreal, glitchy meditation on empathy, ecology, and precarity. Throughout the book winds a narrative about a mother and daughter as they move through a world of social and economic collapse in search of a post-capitalist safe haven. All the while, they also navigate a condition that affects the daughter's empathic abilities, making her vulnerable to emotional contagion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eis titled and structured after Erik Satie's composition of the same name, a piece that requires patience, endurance, and concentration from both its audience and its players. Similarly, Gelman's \u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eemploys repetition and variation to engage the reader's attention. Hers is an ambient poetry, drawing on the aesthetic qualities of drone music and sampling voices and sounds to create a lush literary backdrop filled with pulsing psychedelic detail. \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-7218069\"\u003eAnnelyse Gelman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 6.46w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226826110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226826112\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\u003eAnnelyse Gelman\u003c\/b\u003e's work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e BOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePEN Poetry Serie\u003c\/i\u003es, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eEveryone I Love Is a Stranger to Someone\u003c\/i\u003e, the artist's book \u003ci\u003ePOOL\u003c\/i\u003e, and the EP\u003ci\u003e About Repulsion\u003c\/i\u003e. She also directs \u003ci\u003eMidst\u003c\/i\u003e, an experimental platform for capturing and sharing the writing processes of contemporary poets. She lives in Portland, Oregon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44478520295661,"sku":"9780226826110","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7e66d957-0f77-4130-8227-c19fc3107164.jpg?v=1700716353","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/vexations-9780226826110","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}