{"product_id":"the-riddle-of-three-crimson-jerome-ramcharitar-9781990474385","title":"The Riddle of Three Crimson Doors","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished through Montréal's Cactus Press, \u003cem\u003eThe Riddle of Three Crimson Doors\u003c\/em\u003e is Jerome Ramcharitar's debut collection of poetry. Jerome Ramcharitar is a writer based in Montréal, Québec. Most of his days are spent teaching business English and occasionally causing more trouble as a poet. He has co-hosted a number of literary events, most notably Accent Open Mic and The Lawn Chair Soirée. His first chapbook, \u003cem\u003eThe Wrong Poem and Others Like It\u003c\/em\u003e, was published with Cactus Press and won Expozine's Best Book Award in 2022. \u003cem\u003eThe Riddle of Three Crimson Doors\u003c\/em\u003e is his first full-length collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As he guides you, slowly, carefully, through this gothic castle of a debut, full of shadowplay and mirrorshimmer, crawling with all manner of beasts, birds, angels and demons, and echoing with so many eerie, familiar, whispering voices, Jerome Ramcharitar opens a door to a realm of aesthetics seldom visited in twenty-first century poetry. \u003cem\u003eThe Riddle of Three Crimson Doors\u003c\/em\u003e takes you to a place where the urban and the fantastical, the elemental and the savant, all mesh in a language plain and direct and yet highly symbolically charged. It's Gwendolyn MacEwen meeting you at the grocery store. It's you running into an eighth-century bard at a rave. It's a hugely impressive book written by a highly esteemed member of the Montreal writing community. To be read out loud and, chiefly, at night.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-James Dunnigan, author of \u003cem\u003eI Spurinna, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWindchime Concerto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The poems in Jerome Ramcharitar's \u003cem\u003eThe Riddle of Three Crimson Doors\u003c\/em\u003e hinge on how we listen, interpret, and pass through language. By turns wry, sly, and elegant, Ramcharitar treats the riddle not as a puzzle to be solved but as a mode of thinking-one that activates mystery and multiplicity while sidestepping traps of mundane logic. With precision, lyrical control, and layered sonic texture, these poems transform philosophical inquiry into mulch, making cognition material: a living thing that prowls the page as animal, appetite, movement, blood, and breath.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Domenica Martinello, author of \u003cem\u003eGood Want\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerome Ramcharitar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1990474381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781990474385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cactus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Jerome Ramcharitar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474464260351,"sku":"9781990474385","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff5890f2-86de-49cb-bd27-feb5d32ffe22.jpg?v=1762316907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-riddle-of-three-crimson-jerome-ramcharitar-9781990474385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}