{"product_id":"earnest-earnest-poems-9780822966302","title":"Earnest, Earnest?: Poems","description":"In \u003ci\u003eEarnest, Earnest?\u003c\/i\u003e, the speaker, Eleanor, writes postcards to her on-again-off-again lover, Earnest. The fact that her lover's name is Earnest and that their relationship is fraught, raises questions of sincerity and irony, and whether both can be present at the same time. While Earnest can be read literally as Eleanor's lover, he is best understood as another side of the poet's self. The ambiguity at play in \u003ci\u003eEarnest, Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e? is embodied in the form of the \"Earnest Postcards\" that structure the book--these postcards are experimental in their use of images and formal in their dialogue with the sonnet. Thus, \u003ci\u003eEarnest, Earnest?\u003c\/i\u003e is a question of tone, address, and form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Boudreau\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet who has worked as a dry-cleaner and as a radio reporter. Her poems have appeared in\u003ci\u003e American Poetry Review, Tin House, Barrow Street, Waxwing, Willow Springs, FIELD, Copper Nickel\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. Currently, she is finishing her PhD and teaching creative writing at Florida State University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900919812370,"sku":"9780822966302","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9a8ba6fa-ff26-43d3-a237-38870bc82622.jpg?v=1738405386","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/earnest-earnest-poems-9780822966302","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}