{"product_id":"dear-vulcan-poems-9780807170731","title":"Dear Vulcan: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDear Vulcan\u003c\/i\u003e, Laura Davenport confronts the vexing possibilities of human intimacy, confessing, \"The question is what keeps me coming back.\" The crisp narrative style and confiding voice of these poems invite readers to consider the ways in which unspoken expectations shape identities and relationships. Located in settings that range from distinct places in the South, such as the Birmingham skyline or a Nashville liquor store, to the imagined landscape of \"City without Women,\" the poems in this scorching collection measure again and again the distance between men and women. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout its pages, \u003ci\u003eDear Vulcan\u003c\/i\u003e captures an underlying tension experienced by a young woman coming of age amid the traditional patriarchy of the South, delineating connections between physical bodies, constructed selves, and landscapes that allow them to flourish. Often beginning midconversation, Davenport's poems draw in readers with precisely rendered details as they question assumptions about the lines between memory and reality, and between identity and intimacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Davenport\u003c\/b\u003e's\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003epoems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets 2009\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrab Orchard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMeridian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew South\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Savannah, Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368765559058,"sku":"9780807170731","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ede60bfa-6657-4f5c-bfeb-ebee382017f4.jpg?v=1728513677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-vulcan-poems-9780807170731","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}