{"product_id":"the-interrogation-poems-9781571314932","title":"The Interrogation: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eYou Must Remember This\u003c\/em\u003e, an uncanny collection of poems that plumbs our capacity for cruelty and for wonder.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho?\u003c\/em\u003e A speaker at once questioner and questioned. An artist who embraces and resists what his work requires of him. \"A naked \/ man in a crowd.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat?\u003c\/em\u003e Poems at once surreal and vulnerable, refusing to hide their uncomfortable truths behind their wildest imaginings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere?\u003c\/em\u003e In the mind, where \"Nobody fails at meditation \/ like I do.\" Outside dreamlike cities. In the rich earth under a simple mattress. In new, disorienting fables and seemingly familiar folktales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen?\u003c\/em\u003e As a child, spurning his mother. As a young man, seeking wisdom and peace. And as an older man, looking back at what he once was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuffused in psychology, uncertainty, and desire, \u003cem\u003eThe Interrogation\u003c\/em\u003e is a catechism of the self--or selves. Inside this collection's hall of mirrors, faces double and multiply endlessly, and voices echo, laugh, and taunt. \u003cem\u003eWhy?\u003c\/em\u003e these poems ask. Why does art demand sacrifice? Why does the heart want what it wants? And how do we escape loneliness?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Interrogation\u003c\/em\u003e is an accomplished collection, unsparingly honest, infused with yearning and laced with dark humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBazzett, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMichael Bazzett\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, teacher, and 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMassachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCopper Nickel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eYou Must Remember This\u003c\/i\u003e, his debut collection, received the 2014 Lindquist \u0026amp; Vennum Prize for Poetry. Another collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eOur Lands Are Not So Different\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from Horsethief Books. He lives in Minneapolis.","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356898922770,"sku":"9781571314932","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_996d7563-b137-4da7-a1bb-37008f057c29.jpg?v=1728314699","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-interrogation-poems-9781571314932","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}