{"product_id":"dummy-ventriloquist-michelle-bitting-9781949540468","title":"Dummy Ventriloquist","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her latest chapbook \u003cem\u003eDummy Ventriloquist\u003c\/em\u003e Michelle Bitting serves up a dynamic panoply of forms \u0026amp; voices, wielding the sonnet, prose poem, ekphrastic modes and more in work that beguiles \u0026amp; thrills as it deftly embodies memory \u0026amp; channeled persona. With an eye for invention and ear for musical precision, this poet chisels lyric-narrative gems out of chaos in her ongoing mourning \u0026amp; celebration of lost landscapes \u0026amp; family. All this in the spirit of art's capacity to help us survive the present, animate the future, and re-imagine the past. The braided turns of dream, verse, museum piece, film, \u0026amp; history skillfully excavate, pay homage, and invent through imagined convergences \u0026amp; wordplay. Joan Didion, Film Noir, nocturnes, dead brothers, pubescent adventures, Marie Curie, the ocean, elegy, cemeteries \u0026amp; family luminaries, casualties of politics, pandemic, and a fierce embrace of her beloved sons \u0026amp; devoted husband keep this Los Angeles poet's urban \u0026amp; imaginal terrains piercing and lively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Bitting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949540464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949540468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e C\u0026amp;r Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.14d","brand":"Michelle Bitting","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898107912447,"sku":"9781949540468","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f46dfa2d-aa66-4369-b273-4bcb447da218.jpg?v=1721375527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dummy-ventriloquist-michelle-bitting-9781949540468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}