{"product_id":"domestirexia-poems-9781593767631","title":"Domestirexia: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poetry collection contorting the idea of home away from being a site of comfort and nourishment by coaxing the reader to think about domesticity in knotty new ways\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDomestirexia\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond the entanglement of \"domestic\" and \"anorexia\" exploring a behind-closed-doors sensuality, borne in the concept of making home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHome can be a space of both resistance and discomfort that one desires or takes pleasure in enjoying. Rote notions of home and the domestic are reimagined in these poems as estranging, excessive, and populated by unknowable characters. Exploring themes of family, sacrifice, disease, death, money, cooking, romance, sex, art, and the visceral qualities of the everyday, the poems twist themselves into binds for the reader to undo or surrender to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuarantined at her in-law's house during Covid, Novak wrote these poems while watching \u003ci\u003eThe Great British Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e, reading \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Habits of Highly Effective People\u003c\/i\u003e, skimming Grimm Brothers fairy tales, and babysitting an infant. These are poems about wanting to misbehave. Light voyeurism at home, with gin and cake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593767631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Joanna Novak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174473822389,"sku":"9781593767631","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7eb282e8-9ae3-4840-a0e2-b5541866b586.jpg?v=1716301687","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/domestirexia-poems-9781593767631","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}