{"product_id":"poems-in-which-i-am-zack-rearick-9781935847021","title":"Poems in Which I Am Chopped Up, Stepped On, and Sleep Deprived","description":"The voice of the speaker in Zack Rearick's debut chapbook is able to be lyrical and conversational, even humorously self-deprecating. It reads as though it was effortless to write, but the poems are dangerous and intimate. The collection is a crescendo, developing to its final poem, \"Nightmare Girl.\" Poems in Which I am Stepped On is confessional poetry in the spirit of a contemporary Plath or even more, Anne Sexton, who the collection makes reference to several times. In the hands of a lesser poet, this connection might read as melodrama or an exercise in self-pity, but this is a snapshot of a poet's construction of self through others. Those others might be ex-girlfriends who were more like \"new sisters\" or characters from film, but the question that seems to be an unspoken through line is \"what if I loved you?\" Ultimately, these poems are equal parts sass and sorrow, boldness and brilliance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zack Rearick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935847023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935847021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Etched Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.08d","brand":"Zack Rearick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442667204863,"sku":"9781935847021","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d967cade-9e10-4179-88be-901ab7043f3b.jpg?v=1777198947","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poems-in-which-i-am-zack-rearick-9781935847021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}