{"product_id":"i-confess-eric-schmaltz-9781552455111","title":"I Confess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow is a lyric poem like a polygraph machine? A personal, poetic examination of the technology of truth-telling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Schmaltz's \u003ci\u003eI Confess\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the complexities of truth-telling in poetry, and the history of technologies designed to produce truth from willing and unwilling subjects, considering what it means to use a device - poetry or polygraph - to draw out one's most profound feelings and emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the intersection of power, technology, and language, \u003ci\u003eI Confess\u003c\/i\u003e meditates on lie detection and its history, including trials by ordeal and pseudoscientific technologies. The poet then turns to his own personal experiences working with a lie detector and polygraph analyst. Taking himself as the central subject of the book, Schmaltz puts his subjectivity and positionality under scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answers to questions such as \u003ci\u003eWhat does family mean to you?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCan you describe a time when you felt your best? \u003c\/i\u003einspire a range of forms from conventional lyrical verse to list poems to palindromes to visual poems. With an afterword by Orchid Tierney, \u003ci\u003e I Confess\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal, poetic document of truth's performance under duress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Schmaltz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552455114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552455111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.35w x 0.47d","brand":"Eric Schmaltz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47304710193407,"sku":"9781552455111","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a611d5f4-8c7d-4d7a-98ea-9fbab033cd39.jpg?v=1758828930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-confess-eric-schmaltz-9781552455111","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}