{"product_id":"mere-mortals-terese-svoboda-9780820334240","title":"Mere Mortals: Poems","description":"All of the medical, technological, and psychological advances of the twentieth century challenge \"mere mortals\" in Terese Svoboda's third book of poetry. In \"Faust,\" a mini-epic in five acts, the eponymous character of literary legend appears in the form of a woman, who redefines what being mortal means in light of the politics of the Third World, and gender. In contrast \"Ptolemy's Rules for High School Reunions\" explores what happens when you do without a pact with the devil. The gods--Greek and otherwise--also make appearances as a TV announcer in \"Philomela,\" in the basement with the plumber in \"The Smell of Burning Pennies,\" and in the dyslexic confusion between \"Dog\/God.\" But it is not only the divine that charges the poems in \u003ci\u003eMere Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e--sex also suffuses and reinvents key relationships. Readers of such wittily probing poems as \"The Root of Father is Fat\" and \"Brassiere: Prison or Showcase?\" will know why Philip Levine has described Svoboda as \"one light-year from being the polite, loverly, workshop poet. \u003ci\u003eMere Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e poems first appeared in such magazines as the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terese Svoboda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820334243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820334240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d","brand":"Terese Svoboda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241108844799,"sku":"9780820334240","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e174a8d8-1693-4c3b-86ad-955730161a13.jpg?v=1772652768","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mere-mortals-terese-svoboda-9780820334240","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}