{"product_id":"gossamurmur-9780143123088","title":"Gossamurmur","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating new work from an internationally renowned poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed for her visionary, incantatory verse and her experimental ethos, Anne Waldman's newest book-length poem is an allegory of a radical spirit in lockdown, dominated by \"Deciders\" and \"Imposters\" who threaten the future of poetry and its archive. A doppelganger nightmare ensues: the imposter \"Anne\" is a succubus, and the original Anne has to break free from a metaphorical castle of torture and psychological domination. There are travels through Vedic cosmology and ancient Japan before resolution on a treeless tundra, where fragile life forms struggle to survive. Waldman's oracular poem is a witty meditation on identity theft and a searing plea for the primacy of imagination and for collective sanity in our provocative yet precarious time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Waldman\u003c\/b\u003e is a celebrated poet, performer, professor, editor, and cultural activist. She is the author of more than forty books, including \u003ci\u003eMarriage: A Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStructure of the World Compared to a Bubble\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eManatee\/Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e; and the feminist epic \u003ci\u003eThe Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment\u003c\/i\u003e. A recipient of the Poetry Society of America's Shelley Memorial Award and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, she lives in New York City and Boulder, Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844055699730,"sku":"9780143123088","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c9788cca-0539-4ce0-8a06-611831892942.jpg?v=1737309004","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gossamurmur-9780143123088","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}