{"product_id":"double-jinx-nancy-reddy-9781571314772","title":"Double Jinx: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected for the National Poetry Series by Alex Lemon, \u003cem\u003e Double Jinx\u003c\/em\u003e follows the multiple transformations--both figurative and literal--that accompany adolescence and adulthood, particularly for young women. Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Ovid's \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, the fairy tales in Anne Sexton's \u003cem\u003eTransformations\u003c\/em\u003e, and the shifting dreamscapes of Brigit Pegeen Kelly's work, these poems track speakers as they make and remake themselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA series of poems depict the character of Nancy Drew as she delves into an obsession with a doppelg舅ger. Cinderella wakes up to a pumpkin and a tattered dress after her prince grows tired of her. A young girl obsessed with fairy tales becomes fascinated with a copy of \u003cem\u003eGray's Anatomy\u003c\/em\u003e in which she finds a \"pink girl pinned to the page as if in vivisection. Could she \/ be pink inside like that? No decent girl \/ would go around the world like that, uncooked.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection produces an understanding of the ways we construct ourselves, whether by way of imitation, performance, or transformation. And it looks forward as well, for in coming to understand our identities as essentially malleable, we are liberated. Or, as the author writes, \"we'll be our own gods now.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Reddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2015 pg. 89","brand":"Nancy Reddy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986966872319,"sku":"9781571314772","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0bdab4fb-4a95-48eb-a208-d91be565e355.jpg?v=1683286216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/double-jinx-nancy-reddy-9781571314772","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}