{"product_id":"the-serious-world-laura-read-9781960145833","title":"The Serious World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Serious World \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of epistolary poems written to Sylvia Plath about depression, therapy, friendship, family, and the struggling life of an artist.\u003c\/b\u003e With humor, sensitivity, and deep reflection, Laura Read explores many themes including mental health, suicide, loss, feminism, motherhood, and aging, offering a fresh view of the world as seen through the feminist poet's searching spyglass. \u003cp\u003eReaching back into history to talk with\u003cbr\u003ePlath and other historical figures who have suffered and wrote about their\u003cbr\u003esuffering, Read tries to make sense of what it's like to be alive and suffering\u003cbr\u003enow. These deeply felt poems include language from Plath's \u003ci\u003eThe Bell\u003cbr\u003eJar\u003c\/i\u003e and poems about Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir, along with other\u003cbr\u003estrange bedfellows from pop culture who make appearances, among them Kenny\u003cbr\u003eRogers, Dr. Seuss, Kurt Cobain, and Courtney Love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Read\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1960145835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960145833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Laura Read","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46806915940607,"sku":"9781960145833","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30cdc522-c684-45ba-a6aa-8a4759e93867.jpg?v=1745378069","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-serious-world-laura-read-9781960145833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}