{"product_id":"grit-whimsy-paperback","title":"Grit \u0026 Whimsy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Braucher Tobin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHussy. Harpy. Crone. Iphigenia, Queen Gluttony, and Mona Lisa. Voices that inhabit this collection sing with bold and compelling female force. These are \u003cem\u003eShakti\u003c\/em\u003e poems, work that hums with the often angry, always outspoken mien of the Hindu goddess whose name means \u003cem\u003ethe power\u003c\/em\u003e. With satire, with wit, with notable imagery and music, Karen Braucher Tobin gives us a \u003cem\u003ePoemata Feminea \u003c\/em\u003epowered by considerable candor and arresting inventiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGrit \u0026amp; Whimsy, \u003c\/em\u003esome of Karen Braucher Tobin's poems are unhappy denizens of the real world, the world of MBAs and plastic food trays, of trading \"briefcase and heels\" for diaper stench and baby upchuck. But then other poems majestically and joyfully take flight. A swan boat leaves its wake, Sylvia Plath doesn't die, a doctor offers \"chirpy little pamphlets.\" It's quite a ride and at each stop you'll find revelation after revelation, the highest order of wit, and Horace's \u003cem\u003eOmnes una manet nox\u003c\/em\u003e: the same night that awaits us all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--John Surowiecki, author of \u003cem\u003eMissing Persons\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFlies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42109450748039,"sku":"9781682640074","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4b19085457466427b305a2c1d111e520.webp?v=1732475269","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/grit-whimsy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}