{"product_id":"b-o-y-9781632431301","title":"B O Y","description":"\u003cb\u003eA hybrid book-length poem in which the protagonist grapples with a great loss.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this hybrid of lyric poetry and essay, Consuelo Wise utilizes repetition, fragmentation, and syntax to construct a form that repeatedly falls apart. Breaks in lines and fragmented stanzas are followed by accumulative rushes, slashes, brackets, and words pushed together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout this book-length poem, Wise composes a meditation and an investigation into loss and identity. Moving between sound and image, aggression and subtlety, \u003ci\u003e b o y\u003c\/i\u003e pries open memories that resist understanding but also refuse to be forgotten. Wise peels back layers of mourning, considering how it can be experienced as a personal, inherited, environmental, social, and historical phenomenon. Throughout, the protagonist in\u003ci\u003e b o y \u003c\/i\u003ereenvisions ways to process a great loss, listening closely and searching for words while \"the earth is shaking and the silence is pressing down.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnidawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632431301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100","brand":"Consuelo Wise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145790681269,"sku":"9781632431301","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c5edcb37-8bb9-4a3c-84eb-f2a03510e724.jpg?v=1715697815","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/b-o-y-9781632431301","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}