{"product_id":"slow-fuse-of-the-possible-a-memoir-of-poetry-and-psychoanalysis-9781952271380","title":"Slow Fuse of the Possible: A Memoir of Poetry and Psychoanalysis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Daniels is a keen observer of visceral moments and powerful emotions.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A book of burning soulfulness.\" --Edward Hirsch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing and beautifully crafted memoir of imagination, obsession, and disaster from the couch of old-fashioned four-times-a-week psychoanalysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlow Fuse of the Possible\u003c\/i\u003e is a poet's narrative of a troubled psychoanalysis. It is also a commanding meditation on the powers of language, for good and for ill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the beginning of their time together, it is clear that the enigmatic analyst and Daniels are not a good match, yet both are determined to continue their work--the former in nearly complete silence, and the latter as best she can with the tools at her disposal: careful attention to language, deep reading, and literary imagination. Throughout, the story is filtered through the mind of Emily Dickinson, whose poetry Daniels uses as a fulcrum for the interpretation of her own experience. The book is saturated with Dickinson's verse, and Dickinson is an increasingly haunting presence as crises emerge and the author unravels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This compelling lyric memoir, so richly steeped in all facets of language and the literary, allows readers a glimpse into the mind of a renowned poet, revealing the dazzling and anguished connections between poetry and psychoanalysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate Daniels is the author of six poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eIn the Months of My Son's Recovery\u003c\/i\u003e. A former Guggenheim Fellow, she is the Edwin Mims Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. She teaches writing at the Washington-Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis and is a former poet in residence at Duke Medical and Vanderbilt Medical.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50861955416338,"sku":"9781952271380","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94569507-5d8f-4434-b4e1-c5588d4f091a.jpg?v=1737608666","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slow-fuse-of-the-possible-a-memoir-of-poetry-and-psychoanalysis-9781952271380","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}