{"product_id":"life-on-dodge-poems-paperback","title":"Life on Dodge: Poems - 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\u003eRita Feinstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKiki Petrosino\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI realize that being a woman is a lot \/ like being a planet--I can't decide \/ what my gravity attracts. I am as helpless \/ as I am powerful.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet Rita Feinstein builds a planet from twenty-five sonnets of lost love, and the astrophysics is undeniable. What has more gravitational pull than loss? What is a more alien landscape than the rearrangement of a heart?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strong narrative arc built from verse, Feinstein's debut collection crosses Shakespeare with science fiction to launch readers into a world apart where a newly broken heart is celebrated, examined, nurtured, and let to rage, as if only the atmosphere of an entirely new planet is able to bear the process of healing. This emotionally generous collection looks at pain and love\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003efourteen crystalline and confessional lines at a time. \u003cem\u003eDodge\u003c\/em\u003e, as the speaker names her planet, \"is not Virginia.\" It is \"red because a horse heart \/ is red . . . Red because \/ that's what I was wearing when I left,\" and as the speaker fills Planet Dodge with men (because \"there's no reason for Dodge \/ to be this empty\"), she finds \"how easy it is to hate them all \/ after six years of loving you too much.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife on Dodge\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful cycle of confessional verse, a contemporary radio signal to Plath and Sexton, utterly unafraid of the heat and danger of reentry after the fully interstellar escape that comes after heartbreak. \"Next month the pain will be less, \/ and the next month it will simply disappear. \/ For example: today you are coming to Dodge. \/ You are coming to take me home.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 46\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.13 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53341459054899,"sku":"9781948559171","price":19.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/HwoBUfOaP29781948559171.webp?v=1778662414","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/life-on-dodge-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}