{"product_id":"sorry-tree-9781933517209","title":"Sorry, Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"One of the savviest and most restless intellects in contemporary literature--honest, jokey, paranoid, sentimental, mean, lyrical, tough, you name it.\"--Dennis Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEileen Myles has written thousands of poems since she gave her first reading at CBGB in 1974. \u003ci\u003eBUST\u003c\/i\u003e magazine calls her \"the rock star of modern poetry\" and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e says she's \"a cult figure to a generation of post-punk females forming their own literary avant garde.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyles' trademark punk-lesbian sensibility and intimate knowledge of poetic tradition are at work in this eighth collection, where every love poem is political, and every political poem is, ultimately, about love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom \"Home\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eI thought if\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI inventoried home it would be broad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emy eyes fling open\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003elike a doll's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eto the virtual space that suddenly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eresembles the walls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe most interesting artists are large;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emonsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewhile the people we know are\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emasses of flowers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u0026amp; when I turn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eon my cellphone I see\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eeveryone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEileen Myles \u003c\/b\u003ehas published over a dozen books of poetry, prose, and plays. Formerly the director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project, as well as a write-in candidate for president in 1992, in 1997 Myles toured with Sister Spit's Ramblin' Road Show. Her books include \u003ci\u003eSnowflake\/different streets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Iceland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaxfield Parrish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNot Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/i\u003e (stories).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933517209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.36w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2007 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eileen Myles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670931239068,"sku":"9781933517209","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_67270fb2-9563-4a5d-aa9e-90e8d73cfe87.jpg?v=1603923998","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sorry-tree-9781933517209","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}