{"product_id":"impunity-9781935520221","title":"Impunity","description":"In the title poem, the dying mother asks: \"Will my daughter be able to come and go with impunity?\" Stenhouse's ironically titled collection plays against the backdrop of this mythic riddle. Privilege is tied to punishment: two sides of the same seemingly inescapable coin. In these poems, even nature is seen through a lens of power, money, sex and addiction. These themes and others unfold in images both startling and effortless. We see a poet tackling the big questions, unsatisfied with easy answers, longing for clear borders, for definition, for love and redemption-for impunity. Stenhouse writes with clarity, humor, bravery-her fresh wisdom underscores the visceral details that allow us to see the world as if we have just landed on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStenhouse, Shelley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Shelley Stenhouse won the Pavement Saw Press Award for her collection, \u003cem\u003ePANTS\u003c\/em\u003e; was a finalist for the 2009 National Poetry Series; received a New York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellowship; an Allen Ginsberg Award; two Pushcart Prize nominations, and three residencies at Yaddo Art Colony. Her poem, AIDS, has been quoted in \u003cem\u003ePoet's Market\u003c\/em\u003e. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuarterly West\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMargie\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNew York Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e (among others), and in \u003cem\u003ePoetry After 9-11: An Anthology of New York Poets\u003c\/em\u003e. Shelley has read on National Public Radio's \u003cem\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/em\u003e and on several television networks: NY1, Oxygen and Manhattan Cable's \u003cem\u003ePoetry Thin Air\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Greenwich Village with her daughter, Daisygreen, and works one-on-one with writers.","brand":"NYQ Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50364261728530,"sku":"9781935520221","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12a8af46-f63e-4f12-b9ff-818a9cffa5fa.jpg?v=1728430058","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/impunity-9781935520221","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}