{"product_id":"myself-a-paperclip-triny-finlay-9781773102153","title":"Myself a Paperclip","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, New Brunswick Book Award (Poetry)\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeaving a drawer open in here\u003cbr\u003eis like leaving your fly undone \u003cbr\u003eis like letting a scab hang off a healing wound.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMyself A Paperclip\u003c\/i\u003e, Finlay sketches the internal self and the external whir of the psychiatric ward, laying bare its daily rhythms. Memories, musings, echoes, and meditations on stigma coalesce: quarters dispensed into a payphone to listen to the stunned silence of a partner; Splenda packets and rice pudding hoarded in dresser drawers; counting back from ten as electrodes connect with the temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply personal and reflective, \u003ci\u003eMyself A Paperclip\u003c\/i\u003e confronts abuse and experiences with debilitating mental illnesses, therapies, and hospitalizations, all shaped into the remarkable form of a serial long poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Triny Finlay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 177310215X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773102153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs","brand":"Triny Finlay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078621032703,"sku":"9781773102153","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3eacb062-b08f-45f2-835e-b62f8ac62148.jpg?v=1685476548","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/myself-a-paperclip-triny-finlay-9781773102153","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}