{"product_id":"triptychs-9781950268689","title":"Triptychs","description":"\u003cb\u003eSandra Simonds's \u003ci\u003eTriptychs\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant intersection of poetic form and the passage of time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrafted initially in strips handwritten on rolls of receipt paper obtained at a dollar store, then assembled into three textual columns that sit side-by-side on the page, these triptychs are joined or disjoined in several ways--through diction, through the special relation of words (evoking intimacy, touch or, in contrast, alienation), and through thematic similarities or dissimilarities. Each poem is wildly surprising, ranging from conversations between Baudelaire and Jayne Eyre to the enjoyment of macaroons. As a result, the poems energize the confines of this writing space as they invite readers to recall painterly constructions and news headlines, wherein each pillar is in conversation with another, sequentially \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e simultaneously. With the same lyric attention found in all of Simonds's poetry, the poems here mark an innovative shift in poetics that is both polyvocal and singular.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSandra Simonds is the author of \u003ci\u003eAtopia\u003c\/i\u003e (Wesleyan University Press, 2019), \u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e, (Wave Books, 2018), \u003cem\u003eFurther Problems with Pleasure\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2015 Akron Poetry Prize (University of Akron, 2017), \u003cem\u003eSteal It Back\u003c\/em\u003e (Saturnalia Books, 2015), \u003cem\u003eThe Sonnets\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloof Books, 2014), \u003cem\u003eMother Was a Tragic Girl\u003c\/em\u003e (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2012), and \u003cem\u003eWarsaw Bikini \u003c\/em\u003e(Bloof Books, 2009). Her poems have been included in the \u003cem\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e 2015 and 2014 and have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBoston Review, Ploughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFence\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCourt Green\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLana Turner\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida and is an Associate professor of English and Humanities at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452946288914,"sku":"9781950268689","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7762cd82-f82a-4d13-9ac0-abb362229a9d.jpg?v=1729828988","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/triptychs-9781950268689","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}