{"product_id":"voluntary-servitude-poems-9781555974084","title":"Voluntary Servitude: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA chilling and masterful second poetry collection by Mark Wunderlich, the author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Anchorage \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometimes the heart breaks. Sometimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eit is not held hostage. The red world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhere cells prepare for the unexpected\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003esplays open at the window's ledge.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe not human you inhuman thing. \u003c\/i\u003e-from \"Amaryllis\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoluntary Servitude\u003c\/i\u003e asks of the beloved, \"You say, Don't wreck me, and I say I won't, but how can I know that?\" Here the poet is both servant and master to memory, sex, family, and the will of the lover, and the resulting poems describe the physical and psychological constraints and releases of relationships at the breaking point.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Wunderlich\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anchorage\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1999 Lambda Literary Award. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College in New York and lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260138160402,"sku":"9781555974084","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_317e51ec-8a30-40a8-8ffb-9a2f792fba62.jpg?v=1746637525","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/voluntary-servitude-poems-9781555974084","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}