{"product_id":"unidentified-domestic-object-9798901469026","title":"unidentified domestic object","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike a \"wild canary\" in our social coal mine, whose song is \"all barb and quip,\" Heather Newman mixes honesty, indignation, and irreverence with sly wit. The satiric poems in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnidentified Domestic Object\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e teach us to question our complacency, challenge the traditional roles assigned us, and that clarity begins at home. Yet the writing is never strident or didactic - Newman is too pleasure-loving for that. This is an impressive collection that will leave you startled and refreshed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eElaine Equi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the Blank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Intangibles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStunning is the only word I can come up with after immersing myself in the razor-sharp poems of Heather Newman's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnidentified Domestic Object.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e So many of these pieces orbit nions of safety - how we yearn for it, where we try (and fail) to find it - while wrestling with expectation and the domestic roles women are so often forced into: \"First, the fork, then the knife, then the spoon. \/ Order, propriety, tradition.\" A deep longing for refuge, both for herself and for all of us, weaves through this collection, as when she writes, \"I seek asylum. I see a manger scene \/ and want to swaddle the world.\" With a playful, incisive voice, and an authority I'd follow anywhere, Newman sees \"past the picket fence,\" and into the darker heart of things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Crews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurning Toward Grief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreathing Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather Newman, a poet of playfulness and wit, navigates between \"sheer terror\" and \"comic relief,\" as she dreams in French, confers with Freud, and sneaks into an espionage novel when no one is looking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lehman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Autobiographies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and editor, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52127734792466,"sku":"9798901469026","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9cfa0fae-1b84-4107-ac8b-f46bb6ce79f0.jpg?v=1773745940","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unidentified-domestic-object-9798901469026","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}