{"product_id":"i-was-bonnie-and-clyde-paperback","title":"I Was Bonnie and Clyde - 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\u003eLaura Kasischke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs technology and consumerism inch to the forefront of society, \u003ci\u003eI Was Bonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates small collisions between life and death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Kasischke's newest collection, every moment contains an infinity: the mundane in the monumental, and the monumental in the mundane. \u003ci\u003eI Was Bonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates small collisions between life and death, from \"that last suitcase circling \/ its last loop \/ for all of eternity\" to \"the mole \/ hauled out of the ground \/ by the dog \/ to die in the sun.\" Ghosts haunt and heighten these poems as they draw upon the independent weariness of women throughout history: Bonnie Parker, Lady Godiva, Amy Winehouse, a handbook's unnamed perfect hostess. Lovingly self-effacing, Kasischke evokes vulnerability, disbelief, and tragedy with a quiet, conversational reverence. With wordplay and exclamation, lament and ironic humor, these poems invite as they reflect, reaching out to a forbidding world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and currently living in Chelsea with her husband, \u003cb\u003eLaura Kasischke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twelve collections of poetry and nine novels. \u003ci\u003eSpace, in Chains\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) won the National Book Critics Circle Award and \u003ci\u003eWhere Now: New and Selected\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) was longlisted for the National Book Award. Kasischke is the Theodore Roethke Distinguished Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, and she has received many honors for her works, including the Juniper Prize, multiple Pushcart Prizes, and the Rilke Poetry Prize. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Kasischke's novels \u003ci\u003eThe Life Before Her Eyes, Suspicious River, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBe Mine\u003c\/i\u003e have been adapted for film. Kasischke's books have been widely translated and are particularly well-received in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53418964156723,"sku":"9781556597312","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WFpoL3CUR69781556597312.webp?v=1780411752","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/i-was-bonnie-and-clyde-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}