{"product_id":"now-were-getting-somewhere-poems-9781324021940","title":"Now We're Getting Somewhere: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eKim Addonizio's sharp and irreverent eighth volume, \u003cem\u003eNow We're Getting Somewhere\u003c\/em\u003e, is an essential companion to your practice of the Finnish art of \u003cem\u003ekalsarikännit\u003c\/em\u003e--drinking at home, alone in your underwear, with no intention of going out. Imbued with the poet's characteristic precision and passion, the collection charts a hazardous course through heartache, climate change, dental work, \u003cem\u003eOutlander\u003c\/em\u003e, semiotics, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombatting existential gloom with a wicked, seductive energy, Addonizio investigates desire, loss, and the madness of contemporary life. She calls out to Walt Whitman and John Keats, echoes Dorothy Parker, and finds sisterhood with Virginia Woolf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes confessional, sometimes philosophical, these poems weave from desolation to drollery and clamor with raucous imagery: an insect in high heels, a wolf at an uncomfortable party, a glowing and self-serious guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poet whose \"voice lifts from the page, alive and biting\" (Sky Sanchez, San Francisco Book Review), Addonizio reminds her reader, \"\u003cem\u003eif you think nothing \u0026amp; \/ no one can \/ listen I love you joy is coming\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAddonizio, Kim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKim Addonizio\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of eight books of poetry, including the National Book Award finalist \u003cem\u003eTell Me\u003c\/em\u003e and the Paterson Poetry Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eMortal Trash\u003c\/em\u003e. The recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, among other honors, she lives in Oakland, California.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644665467154,"sku":"9781324021940","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bc9db7f6-93e5-475b-8ef5-479752a2eb96.jpg?v=1733121461","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/now-were-getting-somewhere-poems-9781324021940","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}