{"product_id":"cry-baby-mystic-9781643172026","title":"Cry Baby Mystic","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Daniel Tiffany's \u003cstrong\u003eCry Baby Mystic\u003c\/strong\u003e, somatic questions join hands in a waltz of ragged secrets and placards of reborn language, hidden police, and scratchy names. Trembling voices crawl out from the page and then right into us - or do they climb out of us and into the scene? - growing horse veins on their necks and Googling the scene (as they speak).\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eSara Deniz Akant\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eBabette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Tiffany is a true virtuoso. His taut syllabics incorporate a range of idioms, at once demotic and high-flown; the sprung line breaks - the interruptions and stutterings - sharpen consciousness. The poem's cry-baby-mystic voice does no one's bidding and thereby thrills the muses. In tone and method and subject, Tiffany courts the deep end; the poem opens up a sinkhole on every page, and out of this well, a H lderlin-esque outpouring of divine moodiness makes itself heard.\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eWayne Koestenbaum\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eFigure It Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe speculative drive of Daniel Tiffany's inventive book-length poem offers a flurry of suspicions, forays, wisdoms. Micro-conversations spin up into our field of listening, then just as quickly fade away. Though the approach is playful, the beauty in this book is serious and emerges in a seriously beautiful way. Down-pressers and Mobb Deep make an appearance  And there is pain, a calling out in exasperation, celebration, visionary joy.\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eShane Book\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eCongotronic\u003c\/em\u003e, finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMargery Kempe won't stop crying and no one can do anything about it.\u003c\/em\u003e Hyper-formal and bent out of shape, \u003cstrong\u003eCry Baby Mystic\u003c\/strong\u003e turns into the song of a \"mud oboe\" that leaves us hushed, \"hunched,\" in the dark. \u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eKeith Tuma\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eClimbing into the Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Tiffany\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of six full-length collections of poetry and five volumes of literary criticism, along with translations of Greek, French, and Italian writers. He is a recipient of the Berlin Prize, awarded by the American Academy in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Tiffany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Parlor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Verse Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643172026","brand":"Parlor Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713308168329,"sku":"9781643172026","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4324a904-1578-4373-8c77-2f831826041f.jpg?v=1719608567","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/cry-baby-mystic-9781643172026","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}