{"product_id":"dancing-on-the-grave-of-a-son-of-a-bitch-the-complete-motorcycle-betrayal-poems-9781574232554","title":"Dancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch: The Complete Motorcycle Betrayal Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe liberating power of anger has rarely felt so good and healing as in this complete collection of a landmark in feminist poetry. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"She digs her teeth into the slaveries of woman, she cries them aloud with such fulminating energy that the chains begin to melt of themselves. Reaching into the hive of her angers, she plucks out images of fear and delight that are transparent yet loaded with the darknesses of life. Diane Wakoski is an important and moving poet.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1971, Diane Wakoski published \u003ci\u003eThe Motorcycle Betrayal Poems\u003c\/i\u003e to tremendous acclaim. In the decades that followed, she wrote additional \"betrayal\" poems, which are now collected here in one volume for the first time. Relevant, moving--at times shocking--it is Wakoski's honesty and bravery as an artist that continues to astonish, delight, inspire, and liberate readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWakoski responds to betrayal in a variety of ways including fantasies such as drilling bullet holes into the bodies of unfaithful lovers. But even her anger can be winking, as in the book's sly dedication to \"all those men who betrayed me at one time or another, in hopes they will fall off their motorcycles and break their necks.\" There is joy here because it is self-knowledge that the writer seeks, as in the collection's title poem: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSo some white wolves and I\u003cbr\u003e will sing on your grave, old man and dance for the joy of your\u003cbr\u003e death. \"Is this an angry statement?\"\u003cbr\u003e \"No, it is a statement of joy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Will the sun shine again?\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Yes, \u003cbr\u003e yes, \u003cbr\u003e yes,\"\u003cbr\u003e because I'm going to dance dance\u003cbr\u003e dance\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiane Wakoski's art as a confessional, storytelling poet has rarely been equaled. Her revelations become shared emotional truth with readers. The collection's new introduction by poet and \u003ci\u003eGreen Mountains Review\u003c\/i\u003e editor Elizabeth A. I. Powell gives context to the long wake of Wakoski's inspiring influence on generations of readers. \u003ci\u003eDancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone who ever lost a love and wishes to embrace the freedom, rather than the pain, it can bring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWakoski, Diane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Wakoski\u003c\/b\u003e is a groundbreaking poet and the author of more than thirty books. Wakoski's conversational, seemingly informal work merges the confessional and deep image to create compelling, story-like poems. The Poetry Society of America awarded Wakoski the William Carlos Williams Prize and \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e called her a \"legend.\" Ms. Wakoski is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University and lives in East Lansing, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowell, Elizabeth A. I.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth A. I. Powell \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Atomizer\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Republic of Self\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the New Issues Poetry Prize; and Willy Loman's Reckless Daughter, named one of the \"Books We Loved in 2016\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e and literary journals such as \u003ci\u003eBarrow Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMissouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e. She is professor of writing and literature at Northern Vermont University and editor of \u003ci\u003eGreen Mountains Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Sparrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533738316050,"sku":"9781574232554","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be4a1d24-7538-4a2c-a23a-240315e3f3ba.jpg?v=1731410568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dancing-on-the-grave-of-a-son-of-a-bitch-the-complete-motorcycle-betrayal-poems-9781574232554","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}