{"product_id":"brain-fever-poems-9780393354409","title":"Brain Fever: Poems","description":"Acclaimed as \"one of the most fascinating female poets of our time\" (\u003cem\u003eBOMB\u003c\/em\u003e), Kimiko Hahn is a shape-shifter, a poet who seeks novel forms for her utterly original subject matter and \"stands as a welcome voice of experimentation and passion\" (\u003cem\u003eBloomsbury Review\u003c\/em\u003e). In \u003cem\u003eBrain Fever\u003c\/em\u003e, Hahn integrates the recent findings of science, ancient Japanese aesthetics, and observations from her life as a woman, wife, mother, daughter, and artist. \u003cp\u003eRooted in meditations on contemporary neuroscience, \u003cem\u003eBrain Fever\u003c\/em\u003e takes as its subject the mysteries of the human mind--the nature of dreams and memories, the possibly illusory nature of linear time, the complexity of conveying love to a child. In one poem, \"A Bowl of Spaghetti,\" she cites a comparison that researchers draw between unraveling \"the millions of miles of wires in the [human] brain\" and \"untangling a bowl of spaghetti,\" and thus she untangles a memory of her own: \"I have an old photo: Rei in her high chair intently \/ picking out each strand to mash in her mouth. \/\/ Was she two? Was that sailor dress from mother? \/ Did I cook that sauce from scratch? If so, there was a carrot in the pot.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqually inspired by Sei Shonagon's tenth-century \u003cem\u003ePillow Book\u003c\/em\u003e and the latest findings of cognitive research, \u003cem\u003eBrain Fever\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling blend of the timely and the timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393354409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Kimiko Hahn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43140441276597,"sku":"9780393354409","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5f14dc33-ced7-4958-9541-b11aa000a7cc.jpg?v=1695699283","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/brain-fever-poems-9780393354409","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}