{"product_id":"opera-fever-9798891060401","title":"Opera Fever","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe poems in Chelsey Minnis's Opera Fever read like a dangerous bodice-ripper, glamorous and haunted. \u003c\/b\u003eFrom the covid claustrophobia in which they were written, these poems sharply maneuver from steamy observations to gravitas (and then some groaning under the fur coats..\/Let's be very hard on veils.. \/ Like a dark summer with too many funerals...). In movements that feel delightfully restless and darkly romantic, we readers are lucky to be caught in their quake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChelsey Minnis\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Boulder, Colorado, and also writes screenplays under the name Merrit Schmidt. She has an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, and her books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eBaby, I Don't Care\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoemland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBad Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZirconia\u003c\/i\u003e. Two of her drama screenplay features placed in the semifinals in the Austin Film Festival in 2024: opera biopic \u003ci\u003eBaritone\u003c\/i\u003e and contained magical drama \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of a Very Normal Person\u003c\/i\u003e. A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e review for \u003ci\u003eBaby, I Don't Care\u003c\/i\u003e called her \"a provocative thinker about gender and poetry and the erotics of dislike.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160382632210,"sku":"9798891060401","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8d2712d-f181-467f-919f-3f785a5c5950.jpg?v=1775057126","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/opera-fever-9798891060401","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}