{"product_id":"the-nerves-centre-angela-szczepaniak-9781927599532","title":"The Nerves Centre","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Nerves Centre\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of poems about performance (and other) anxiety, told through the jittery stop-and-start actions of a stagefright-afflicted Performer who can't speak while on stage. The Performer's linguistically vaudevillian performances are punctuated with sound poems that capture the moments of panic she experiences. Constructed from recordings of actual panic attacks that were poorly transcribed by increasingly confused transcription software, then reshaped into poems for the page, these sound and breath pieces create a palpable experience of a Performer caught in the moment of panic. These are poems with roots in vaudeville, silent comedy, Beckettian mime, sessions with your therapist, and stage fright. Never judgemental, always hopeful that this time the performance will work, Szczepaniak brings a slapstick sensibility to every poem, a deep compassion for anyone struggling to find their voice, trying to speak, or having trouble with a pesky boulder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Szczepaniak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1927599539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927599532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e DC Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Angela Szczepaniak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486359793919,"sku":"9781927599532","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_decd45a1-8cc2-4e85-8df9-d4f3ccdbc24a.jpg?v=1778055063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nerves-centre-angela-szczepaniak-9781927599532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}