{"product_id":"reader-i-9781956046250","title":"Reader, I","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brand new collection from multi-award winning poet Corey Van Landingham. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReader, I\u003c\/i\u003e draws its title from the conclusion to Charlotte Brontë's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Reader, I married him.\" Spanning the first years of a marriage, the speaker in \u003ci\u003eReader, I \u003c\/i\u003eboth courts and eschews nuptial myths, as its speaker--tender and callous, skeptical and hopeful, daughter and lover--finds a role for herself in marriage, in history, in something beyond the self. While these poems burn with a Plathian fire, they also address and invite in a reader who is, as in \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, a confidant. Steeped in a world of husbands and fathers, patriarchal nations and power structures, \u003ci\u003eReader, I\u003c\/i\u003e traverses bowling alleys and hospital rooms, ancient Troy and public swimming pools, to envision domestic life as a metaphor for civic life, and vice versa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956046250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Corey Van Landingham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799810441397,"sku":"9781956046250","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a41d9868-d00c-4b7f-bbc5-a80afbf193c3.jpg?v=1711478817","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/reader-i-9781956046250","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}