{"product_id":"dark-sparkler-9780062348166","title":"Dark Sparkler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With frank observations and blunt commentary, Tamblyn has created a smartly crafted collection, proving that she is a savvy and fierce woman and poet who knows that behind every spotlight is shadow.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDark Sparkler \u003c\/em\u003eis an elegy, a eulogy, a rhapsody, a rage. In these astonishing poems inspired by dead actresses, Tamblyn fiercely examines the spectacle of the actress as she lives and dies and how our hands and hearts linger on their lives.\"-- Roxane Gay, author of \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe lives of more than twenty-five actresses lost before their time--from Marilyn Monroe to Brittany Murphy--explored in a haunting, provocative new work by an acclaimed poet and award-winning actress.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a woman who has grown up in the spotlight, Amber Tamblyn\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis deeply fascinated by--and intimately familiar with--the toll exacted from young women whose lives are offered in sacrifice as starlets. The stories of these actresses, both famous and obscure--tragic stories of suicide, murder, obscurity, and other forms of death--inspired this empathic and emotionally charged collection of new poetic work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing subjects from Marilyn Monroe and Frances Farmer to Dana Plato and Brittany Murphy--and paired with original artwork commissioned for the book by luminaries including David Lynch, Adrian Tomine, and Marcel Dzama--\u003cem\u003eDark Sparkler\u003c\/em\u003e is a surprising and provocative collection from a young artist of wide-ranging talent, culminating in an extended, confessional epilogue of astonishing candor and poetic command.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062348166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2015 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amber Tamblyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45419192058037,"sku":"9780062348166","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f496fb7a-2e24-4bcb-a5fd-468b1aac7eb3.jpg?v=1748391206","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dark-sparkler-9780062348166","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}