{"product_id":"fourth-person-singular-9781786940193","title":"Fourth Person Singular","description":"Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2017\u003cbr\u003eA Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaudia Rankine described the poems in Alsadir's first book as 'lawless, ' 'provocative, and 'heartbreaking' as they 'converse from the inside out...come alive in the back and forth of a mind attempting to understand what it means to be in relation to.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eFourth Person Singular \u003c\/em\u003econtinues to blow open the relationship between self and world in a working through of lyric shame, bending poetic form through fragment, lyric essay, aphorisms mined from the unconscious, and pop-up associations, to explore the complexities, congruities, disturbances - as well as the beauty - involved in self-representation in language. As unexpected as it is bold, Alsadir's ambitious tour de force demands we pay new attention to the current conversation about the nature of lyric - and human relationships - in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786940193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 4.70w x 0.30d","brand":"Nuar Alsadir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668909977756,"sku":"9781786940193","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1bc6f9e1-2a06-4319-b872-1ce4eac7182c.jpg?v=1603918766","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fourth-person-singular-9781786940193","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}