{"product_id":"temporary-beast-solfrian-joanna-9781957372075","title":"Temporary Beast","description":"\u003cp\u003eInterrogations, self-interrogations, examinations, cross-examinations, evocations--all these\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emodes participate in these poems that actively refuse definition, since the poet, Joanna Solfrian, is in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epursuit of her conscience, the one that asks about being alive, being dead, being a mother, being a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etree. I could say, \"You name it,\" but she does in her distinctly marvelous, nodding-to-Lorca fashion, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etruly keeping the reader on metaphorical yet actual toes, reveling (perhaps the most crucial word) in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe powers of imagination that adhere to genuine poetry.--Baron Wormser, author of \u003cem\u003eThe History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHotel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanna Solfrian's \u003cem\u003eTemporary Beas\u003c\/em\u003et shows a high mastery of surprising images and insights in poem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter poem. A sharp, enviable intelligence permeates all her lines; the poems push into the mysteries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof earthly and mystical love, but adhere to a rubric of recognition: the self in the feminine, the self in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe gravitational force of experience, and the self of possession and obsession. The speaker has an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaffectionate temperament in the book that is very generous, and as Allen Grossman said, these are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoems about \"something the way a cat is about the house.\" Solfrian's poems have an inherent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estrangeness and joy that demand multiple readings.--Sean Singer, author of \u003cem\u003eToday in the Taxi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormally dexterous and subtly wise, Joanna Solfrian's \u003cem\u003eTemporary Beast \u003c\/em\u003eoffers more than temporary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epleasure for both the mind and the heart. \"Buried in these words are instructions for weeping,\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolfrian writes, and yes, this is true, but this book also contains instructions for so much else: how to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elocate the divine \u0026amp; hold a flute; how to tend to a spouse, love a child, grieve a parent; how to delight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein a lover's armpit \u0026amp; run topless through a cornfield. I'm enamored with Solfrian's dedication to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epen and her keen insight into how--by letting that pen move across the page--we gain access to a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeeper, truer world.--Nicole Callihan, author of \u003cem\u003eThis Strange Garment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Joanna Solfrian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Solfrian Joanna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1957372079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957372075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beltway Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.27w x 0.29d","brand":"Solfrian Joanna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45180632695039,"sku":"9781957372075","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0276dfb8-c6c2-4e95-aa5d-ee9d7ec891cd.jpg?v=1712898303","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/temporary-beast-solfrian-joanna-9781957372075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}