{"product_id":"mercury-9781934200476","title":"Mercury","description":"\"This astonishing young poet is surely destined to be \u003cb\u003eone of the crucial voices of her generation\u003c\/b\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003eMichael Silverblatt, \u003ci\u003eBookworm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I applaud Ariana's desire to be \u003cb\u003edisrespectful, lewd, broken, narcissistic\u003c\/b\u003e--all the unforgivable female crimes which if instead were committed by humans would just be called 'hot.' She does it here and she does it WRONG, cheer, cheer.\"--\u003cb\u003eEileen Myles, Poetry Foundation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComposed in the direct, accessible, consciousness-piercing style, Mercury comprises a group of interlocking long poems that speak to the substance and essence of what is said, transmitted, transacted, \"communicated\" between persons. Reines proposes that substance and essence are opposites and explores this in contexts including commercial cinema and internet porn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 best living writers and \"a crucial voice of her generation\" by KCRW's Michael Silverblatt, Ariana Reines is an award-winning poet, Obie-winning playwright, performing artist, and translator. \u003c\/b\u003eHer books include \u003ci\u003eA Sand Book\u003c\/i\u003e (Tin House, 2019), winner of the 2020 Kingsley Tufts Prize \u0026amp; longlisted for the National Book Award. Other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Cow \u003c\/i\u003e(Alberta Prize, 2006), \u003ci\u003eCoeur De Lion\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eMercury\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), all from Fence Books, and T\u003ci\u003ehe Origin of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) from Semiotext(e). Her Obie-winning play \u003ci\u003eTelephone \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) was commissioned by The Foundry Theatre and has been performed and published in Norwegian translation at the Mollebyen Literary Festival (2017) and at KW Berlin (2018) among others. Recent commissions include\u003ci\u003e Possession\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), a major sculpture \u0026amp; performance collaboration with Liz Magic Laser, at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, NY, and\u003ci\u003e Divine Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), a 24-hour theatrical environment at Performance Space New York. Reines' performances \u0026amp; theatrical works include: \u003ci\u003eMortal Kombat \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), commissioned by Le Mouvement Biel\/Bienne \u0026amp; performed at The Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA, and Gallery TPW, Toronto, CA, and\u003ci\u003e Lorna\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) at Martin E. Segal Theatre, New York, USA, both in collaboration with Jim Fletcher, \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of the World \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) at Modern Art, London UK, and many others. Art exhibitions include \u003ci\u003ePubic Space\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), a collaboration with Oscar Tuazon at Modern Art in London, UK, Exhaust (2016) at Contemporary Art Tasmania, AU, and\u003ci\u003e Jane Dark\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) at Western Front, Vancouver, Canada. Reines is the translator of Baudelaire's \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Laid Bare \u003c\/i\u003e(Mal-O-Mar, 2009); Jean-Luc Hennig's\u003ci\u003e The Little Black Book of Gris?lidis R?al: Days and Nights of an Anarchist Whore \u003c\/i\u003e(Semiotext(e) 2009); and Tiqqun's P\u003ci\u003ereliminary Materials Toward a Theory of the Young Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (Semiotext(e) 2012). Her poetry, essays, and interviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarpers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry, \u003c\/i\u003e and more. She has composed texts for and interviewed many artists, including Nicole Eisenman, Niki de Saint Phalle, K8 Hardy, Seth Price, Oscar Tuazon, Justine Kurland, Liz Larner, Anna Sew Hoy, Carol Rama, Mondongo, Izhar Patkin, Sanya Kantarovsky, and more.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fence Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922274095378,"sku":"9781934200476","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61e6130c-7012-4fad-bb27-0f7e3dfe4ccf.jpg?v=1738927563","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mercury-9781934200476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}