{"product_id":"odessa-patricia-kirkpatrick-9781571314567","title":"Odessa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grim prognosis, brain cancer, leaves the speaker in Patricia Kirkpatrick's \u003cem\u003eOdessa\u003c\/em\u003e--selected by Peter Campion as the winner of the 2012 Lindquist \u0026amp; Vennum Prize for Poetry--fighting for her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tumor presses against her amygdalae, the \"emotional core of the self,\" central to the process of memory. And so a dreamlike reality emerges from these poems, emotionally charged but void of sentimentality. Kirkpatrick's Odessa, \"roof of the underworld,\" is a refuge at once real and imagined, resembling simultaneously the Midwestern prairie and a god-inhabited city. We see a field filled with unidentifiable birds and the unknowable. A post-surgery body that can be \"broken \/ like a piece of bread.\" Ceres and Hades locked in a custody battle for Persephone--and Persephone's fruit, \"the color of bloodstain.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhostly, lyrical, and bearing shades of classical heroism, \u003cem\u003eOdessa\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a personal narrative of stunning dimension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Kirkpatrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2012\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 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2012 pg. 10","brand":"Patricia Kirkpatrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939702735103,"sku":"9781571314567","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0b119f26-1ac9-4571-8c18-a4b3eeb2723a.jpg?v=1681443017","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/odessa-patricia-kirkpatrick-9781571314567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}