{"product_id":"the-bringers-of-fruit-elizabeth-switaj-9781948687553","title":"The Bringers of Fruit: An Oratorio","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bringers of Fruit: An Oratorio is a polyvocalic retelling of the Persephone myth that investigates memory, code, and relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Switaj's Bringers of Fruit continues Switaj's long standing engagement with myth, seen in her previous books, \u003cem\u003eA Broken Sanctuary\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMagdalene \u0026amp; the Mermaids\u003c\/em\u003e. With the repeating refrain \"I almost got away with it,\" readers wait expectantly for a confrontation that doesn't come, but instead morphs into alternate narratives. Unlike other poets' engagements with lyrical tropes, Switaj does not use mythology as a form of coerced conventionality that is often seen; she's got code. These myths, updated for the modern world, have MP3s, Ray-bans, html coding, \"join my band,\" as well as scientific language and imagery: we encounter \"prions,\" \"origami cells,\" \"nucleotides,\" \"monomers,\" and \"cyanosis.\" These poems show an examined emotionality fused with the abstract as survival technique - \"cerebral snow.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Carrie Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorpselords and chthonic gods congregate in Elizabeth Switaj's underworldly \"grumble of lights.\" Myth and form alike shiver, shrivel, and arrive in the space \"where moon\/ snails suck the marrow from bones\/ they've pierced.\" These necrocantos sing the fugue songs of the dead that won't die. May we all have a psychopomp as deft of ear and image as Switaj to lead us through this encoded hell. \u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003eCandice Wuehle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Switaj\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948687550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948687553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 11:11 Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.27d","brand":"Elizabeth Switaj","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047433400575,"sku":"9781948687553","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc9785b9-d526-4155-85c9-018e1c796679.jpg?v=1684990187","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bringers-of-fruit-elizabeth-switaj-9781948687553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}