{"product_id":"sentences-and-rain-9781566894210","title":"Sentences and Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether celebrating clones or revising Led Zeppelin, Equi melds verse with aphorism, wisdom with wicked playfulness.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqui's poems are under the breath asides from your cleverest friend--witty, thoughtful, and wry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSLIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA slight implies\u003cbr\u003eif not an insult\u003cbr\u003e(real or imagined)\u003cbr\u003eat least something\u003cbr\u003eunpleasant --\u003cbr\u003ea slight cold, \u003cbr\u003ea slight headache.\u003cbr\u003eNo one ever says: \u003cbr\u003e\"You make me slightly happy.\"\u003cbr\u003eAlthough this, in fact, \u003cbr\u003eis often the case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely published and anthologized, \u003cb\u003eElaine Equi\u003c\/b\u003e's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElaine Equi was born in Oak Park, Illinois, and raised in Chicago and its outlying suburbs. In 1988, she moved to New York City with her husband, poet Jerome Sala. Over the years, her witty, aphoristic, and innovative work has become nationally and internationally known. \u003ci\u003eRipple Effect: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize and on the short list for Canada's prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize. Widely published and anthologized, her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches at New York University, and in the MFA Programs at the New School and the City College of New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420230095122,"sku":"9781566894210","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a6be4ea4-46ad-4704-b53b-6a6690f29962.jpg?v=1729491905","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sentences-and-rain-9781566894210","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}