{"product_id":"cicada-9780811230230","title":"Cicada","description":"By one of Greece's foremost contemporary poets, \u003cem\u003eCicada\u003c\/em\u003e is Phoebe Giannisi's second collection in English. The cicada signifies metamorphosis in this breathtaking, lyrical book, which evokes the spirits of Archilochus, Plato, Empedocles, and Heraclitus. As the translator Brian Sneeden remarks: \"The 'I' in Giannisi's poetry is never static, never a fixed point, but part of a process of rebodying the ambient.\" Yet, despite the fluid, mythic nature of Giannisi's poems, they are also exquisitely rooted in the everyday: the sea heard through a window, the murmur of a distant mechanical crane, a damp wind, a photo of John and Yoko. Giannisi is a poet internationally known for her idiosyncratic eco-poetics, as well as her poetic multimedia works and performances, and most of all for her brilliant vision glowing at the borders of language, voice, place, and memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiannisi, Phoebe:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePhoebe Giannisi\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Athens in 1964 and is the author of seven books of poetry, including \u003cem\u003eHomerica\u003c\/em\u003e (chosen by Anne Carson as a favorite book of 2017 in the \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e). She is professor of architecture and cultural studies at the University of Thessaly.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSneeden, Brian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Sneeden\u003c\/strong\u003e is author of the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eLast City\u003c\/em\u003e. He is program coordinator of translation studies at the University of Connecticut and is managing and senior editor of World Poetry Books.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496175505682,"sku":"9780811230230","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f7895df-ac76-47c7-a609-63098ea2f88b.jpg?v=1730691631","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cicada-9780811230230","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}