{"product_id":"rue-9781942683971","title":"Rue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eBig Other\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2020\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this fiercely feminist ecopoetic collection, Kathryn Nuernberger reclaims love and resilience in an age of cruelty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the speaker--an artist and intellectual--finds herself living through a rocky marriage in a conservative rural state, she maintains her sense of identity by studying the science and folklore of plants historically used for birth control. Her botanical portraits of common herbs like Queen Anne's lace and pennyroyal are interwoven with lyric biographies of groundbreaking women ecologists whose stories have been left untold in textbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith equal parts righteous fury and tender wisdom, \u003ci\u003eRue\u003c\/i\u003e reassesses the past and recontextualizes the present to tell a story about breaking down, breaking through, and breaking into an honest, authentic expression of self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn Nuernberger is the author of two previous poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Pink \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRag \u0026amp; Bone. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has also written a collection of lyric essays, \u003ci\u003eBrief Interviews with the Romantic Past. \u003c\/i\u003eFascinated by the history of science and the natural world, she has received research fellowships from the H. J. Andrews Research Forest, American Antiquarian Society and the Bakken Museum of Electricity in Life. Other awards include an NEA fellowship and the James Laughlin Prize from the Academy of American Poets. Her poems and essays have appeared widely in journals, including \u003ci\u003e32 Poems, Cincinnati Review, Copper Nickel, Crazyhorse, Field, The Florida Review, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, Poetry International, West Branch, Willow Springs, Poetry Daily, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVerse Daily.\u003c\/i\u003e She holds a PhD in English Literature from Ohio University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. After spending many years directing Pleiades Press, she now teaches in the MFA Program at the University of Minnesota and lives with her family in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50365934928146,"sku":"9781942683971","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e624d298-7c12-4b66-a468-66f02f2eb27d.jpg?v=1728467697","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rue-9781942683971","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}