{"product_id":"vexations-9780226826110","title":"Vexations","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mother and daughter journey together through a strange speculative world in this experimental book-length poem.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Annelyse Gelman's book-length poem \u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eis a surreal, glitchy meditation on empathy, ecology, and precarity. Throughout the book winds a narrative about a mother and daughter as they move through a world of social and economic collapse in search of a post-capitalist safe haven. All the while, they also navigate a condition that affects the daughter's empathic abilities, making her vulnerable to emotional contagion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eis titled and structured after Erik Satie's composition of the same name, a piece that requires patience, endurance, and concentration from both its audience and its players. Similarly, Gelman's \u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eemploys repetition and variation to engage the reader's attention. Hers is an ambient poetry, drawing on the aesthetic qualities of drone music and sampling voices and sounds to create a lush literary backdrop filled with pulsing psychedelic detail. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnelyse Gelman\u003c\/b\u003e's work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e BOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePEN Poetry Serie\u003c\/i\u003es, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eEveryone I Love Is a Stranger to Someone\u003c\/i\u003e, the artist's book \u003ci\u003ePOOL\u003c\/i\u003e, and the EP\u003ci\u003e About Repulsion\u003c\/i\u003e. She also directs \u003ci\u003eMidst\u003c\/i\u003e, an experimental platform for capturing and sharing the writing processes of contemporary poets. She lives in Portland, Oregon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613576958226,"sku":"9780226826110","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d72e8e6-2069-406a-af9a-5a94634ae8af.jpg?v=1732409260","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/vexations-9780226826110","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}