{"product_id":"and-yet-9781892061973","title":"And Yet","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn innovative work of fiction, Jeff Alessandrelli's \u003cem\u003eAnd Yet\u003c\/em\u003e interrogates contemporary shyness, selfhood and sexual mores, drawing out the particulars of each through historical references, cultural commentary, and the author's own restless imagination. \u003cem\u003eAnd Yet\u003c\/em\u003e builds off the work of authors as disparate as Michel Leiris, Marguerite Duras, and Kobo Abe, while alluding to the work of Susan Sontag, Young Thug, Young Jean Lee, Cesare Pavese, Sylvia Plath, and Louise Gl?ck, among others. With its nameless protagonist simultaneously proud and afraid of his daunting interiority, \u003cem\u003eAnd Yet\u003c\/em\u003e's form morphs, cracks, and continuously tries to repair itself while becoming a nuanced story of our times. \"Love is a thing full of anxious fear. Especially when what you ultimately love and fear is your self,\" writes Alessandrelli, and \u003cem\u003eAnd Yet\u003c\/em\u003e draws such a notion down, out and around again, arriving at its own idiosyncratic answers by the end of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeff Alessandrelli is the author of six books, most recently the poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eFur Not Light\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry and prose have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, and elsewhere. His reviews and interviews in \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. He directs the nonprofit book press\/record label Fonograf Editions.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Future Tense Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620637085970,"sku":"9781892061973","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e2d0e87-6f88-4a87-a387-74f4dd2dadda.jpg?v=1732570196","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/and-yet-9781892061973","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}