{"product_id":"lena-poems-9781682831496","title":"Lena: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eCassie Pruyn's \u003cem\u003eLena\u003c\/em\u003e asks new questions: why we love, why we grieve. We've read elegies before, but not like this. A lush and unsparing first book, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLena\u003c\/em\u003e asks readers to understand love--crucially, a first love, an erotic love-in the context not of a love lost but instead of an identity gained: we must consider not only was she worth it?, but also who has she made me? Pruyn lets us feel what lovers feel--the magnetism, the physicality, the tenderness, the rage, the wondering--with language both musical and visceral. In these poems, the landscape is a character in itself; the past is as tangible as the present. Pruyn takes us to the Lost Love Lounge, we ride in a car \/ red as a dragon, and we observe the beloved stick herself in the belly with a needle in the way she used to attach her cufflinks. This is love and grief raised to the highest power; it is a debut not to be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cassie Pruyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Tech University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Walt McDonald First-Book Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682831496","brand":"Texas Tech University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713587777673,"sku":"9781682831496","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_37cfbb76-7cf2-4ab7-bef8-2c44ab2b11b2.jpg?v=1719616820","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/lena-poems-9781682831496","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}