{"product_id":"so-much-synth-hardcover","title":"So Much Synth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrenda Shaughnessy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shaughnessy's particular genius . . . is utterly poetic, but essayistic in scope.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brenda Shaughnessy's work is a good place to start for any passionate woman feeling daunted by poetry.\" --\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy.\"--\u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubversions of idiom and cliché punctuate Shaughnessy's fourth collection as she approaches middle age and revisits the memories, romances, and music of adolescence. \u003ci\u003eSo Much Synth \u003c\/i\u003eis a brave and ferocious collection composed of equal parts femininity, pain, pleasure, and synthesizer. While Shaughnessy tenderly winces at her youthful excesses, we humbly catch glimpses of our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Never Ever\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLate is a synonym for dead which is a euphemism\u003cbr\u003efor ever. Ever is a double-edged word, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eat once itself and its own opposite: always\u003cbr\u003eand always some other time. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the category of cleave, then. To cut and to cling to, \u003cbr\u003esomewhat mournfully...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda Shaughnessy \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Okinawa, Japan and grew up in Southern California. She is the author of three books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eHuman Dark with Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the James Laughlin Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eOur Andromeda\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\"100 Notable Books of 2013.\" She is an assistant professor of English at Rutgers University, Newark, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrenda Shaughnessy: Brenda Shaughnessy was born in Okinawa, Japan and grew up in Southern California. She is the author of three books of poetry, including Human Dark with Sugar (Copper Canyon), winner of the James Laughlin Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Our Andromeda (Copper Canyon), which was a New York Times Book Review \"100 Notable Books of 2013.\" Shaughnessy's poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Harper's, The Nation, The Rumpus, The New Yorker, and The Paris Review. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers University, Newark, and lives in Brooklyn with her husband, son and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155955421319,"sku":"9781556594878","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2712681b9eea9ea162ef07756ae96cbe.webp?v=1733239951","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/so-much-synth-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}