{"product_id":"fire-rimmed-eden-selected-poems-9781944981624","title":"Fire-Rimmed Eden: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire-Rimmed Eden: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e gathers poems from Lynn Lonidier's rich and varied collections. Lonidier published five poetry collections \u003ci\u003ePo Tree\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), \u003ci\u003eThe Female Freeway\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eA Lesbian Estate\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), \u003ci\u003eWoman Explorer\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eClitoris Lost: A Woman's Version of the Creation Myth\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), and a posthumous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Rhyme of the Ag-ed Mariness\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). Her poetry links multiple poetic constellations of the 1970s and 1980s demonstrating linguistic innovations and radical reconfigurations sexuality and gender.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poems of \u003ci\u003eFire-Rimmed Eden\u003c\/i\u003e are in conversation with narrative impulses from the feminist and lesbian poetry movements of the 1970s and 1980s, including work by Judy Grahn, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and others, as well as experimental poetic impulse from the same period found in work by Robert Duncan (Duncan's partner Jess gave the cover art for \u003ci\u003eA Lesbian Estate\u003c\/i\u003e), Lyn Hejinian, Carla Harryman, and Etel Adnan. Some of Lonidier's work is concrete in the spirit of May Swenson's \u003ci\u003eIconographs\u003c\/i\u003e while other poems are performative like Bay area poets Pat Parker and Jerome Rothenberg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreviously completely out of print, Lonidier's poetry is ripe for a new generation of readers. \u003ci\u003eFire-Rimmed Eden\u003c\/i\u003e assembles a robust selection of Lonidier's work introduced by \u003ci\u003eSinister Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e editor and publisher Julie R. Enszer. Rich and diverse, visually and aurally exciting, boldly experimental and intellectually provocative, Lonidier's poetry is imbued with wit, humor, originality, and play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLynn Lonidier (1937-1993) was a poet, writer, teacher, multimedia and theater performance artist, and political activist who often described herself as \" a card-carrying anarchafeminist.\" She lived in the San Francisco Bay area.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sinister Wisdom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50868224917778,"sku":"9781944981624","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46692c9e-e9e2-4ec6-a38e-918a454fd683.jpg?v=1737724382","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fire-rimmed-eden-selected-poems-9781944981624","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}