{"product_id":"the-bringers-of-fruit-an-oratorio-paperback-1","title":"The Bringers of Fruit: An Oratorio - 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\u003eElizabeth Switaj\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bringers of Fruit: An Oratorio is a polyvocalic retelling of the Persephone myth that investigates memory, code, and relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Switaj's Bringers of Fruit continues Switaj's long standing engagement with myth, seen in her previous books, \u003cem\u003eA Broken Sanctuary\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMagdalene \u0026amp; the Mermaids\u003c\/em\u003e. With the repeating refrain \"I almost got away with it,\" readers wait expectantly for a confrontation that doesn't come, but instead morphs into alternate narratives. Unlike other poets' engagements with lyrical tropes, Switaj does not use mythology as a form of coerced conventionality that is often seen; she's got code. These myths, updated for the modern world, have MP3s, Ray-bans, html coding, \"join my band,\" as well as scientific language and imagery: we encounter \"prions,\" \"origami cells,\" \"nucleotides,\" \"monomers,\" and \"cyanosis.\" These poems show an examined emotionality fused with the abstract as survival technique - \"cerebral snow.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Carrie Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorpselords and chthonic gods congregate in Elizabeth Switaj's underworldly \"grumble of lights.\" Myth and form alike shiver, shrivel, and arrive in the space \"where moon\/ snails suck the marrow from bones\/ they've pierced.\" These necrocantos sing the fugue songs of the dead that won't die. May we all have a psychopomp as deft of ear and image as Switaj to lead us through this encoded hell. \u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003eCandice Wuehle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52730946945331,"sku":"9781948687553","price":28.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/33uk_q2P9G9781948687553_a68ab1c5-3abf-4da9-96c4-4a44bc6e36ba.webp?v=1763845027","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-bringers-of-fruit-an-oratorio-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}