{"product_id":"the-failure-experiment-ricki-cummings-9798308546238","title":"The Failure Experiment","description":"\u003cb\u003elook at this rib, see the interstitial ripple\u003cbr\u003ebetween and underneath.\u003cbr\u003eno one moves\u003cbr\u003elike i move, an individual\u003cbr\u003eidentical unit interchangeable\u003cbr\u003ewith all other i.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Similar to drifting through water, each page of this collection camouflages itself into explorations and queries about the strange things we remember when we try to forget. What does one do when they sink to the bottom of their being? You move through the depths of self that feel like spilled ink; you embrace the multi-limbed thoughts and out-of-sync memories. The Failure Experiment does what any experiment an artist requires--tests every hypothesis of where the line between myth and memory begins and ends, and makes you wonder what [else] one does with grief that changes color.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- haydée r. souffrant: writer, artist, and delusional optimist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Failure Experiment is a lyrical explosion, at once intimate and personal while exploring the far reaches of the universe. Ricki Cummings's poetry collection contains a delightful electrical tangle of words and feelings, exploring the nuances of life. What is real? What is artificial? There's no single answer and we don't have to settle on one when the options before us are so brilliant.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- K.B. Wagers: author of \u003c\/i\u003eAnd the Mighty Will Fall\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At once visceral and mechanical, detached and tragically invested, yearning and stoic, this work sways between the stubborn momentum of humanity and the quiet freedom of something other, something more. To read it feels like entering the same dazzling city again and again, taking a different route each time--forms springing up like detours and references littering the streets. You get to the end, thinking you've got a handle on everything you've seen. And then you reach the back matter--a tremendous work in and of itself--and you immediately go back to the beginning, giddy to start again.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Katie West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ricki Cummings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798308546238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Ricki Cummings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457604071679,"sku":"9798308546238","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_242b2d1b-2972-40f4-b44d-2bab76d7f036.jpg?v=1777400154","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-failure-experiment-ricki-cummings-9798308546238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}