{"product_id":"dummy-ventriloquist-paperback-1","title":"Dummy Ventriloquist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle Bitting\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her latest chapbook \u003cem\u003eDummy Ventriloquist\u003c\/em\u003e Michelle Bitting serves up a dynamic panoply of forms \u0026amp; voices, wielding the sonnet, prose poem, ekphrastic modes and more in work that beguiles \u0026amp; thrills as it deftly embodies memory \u0026amp; channeled persona. With an eye for invention and ear for musical precision, this poet chisels lyric-narrative gems out of chaos in her ongoing mourning \u0026amp; celebration of lost landscapes \u0026amp; family. All this in the spirit of art's capacity to help us survive the present, animate the future, and re-imagine the past. The braided turns of dream, verse, museum piece, film, \u0026amp; history skillfully excavate, pay homage, and invent through imagined convergences \u0026amp; wordplay. Joan Didion, Film Noir, nocturnes, dead brothers, pubescent adventures, Marie Curie, the ocean, elegy, cemeteries \u0026amp; family luminaries, casualties of politics, pandemic, and a fierce embrace of her beloved sons \u0026amp; devoted husband keep this Los Angeles poet's urban \u0026amp; imaginal terrains piercing and lively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 58\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47581427040477,"sku":"9781949540468","price":29.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/N335oMsUEH9781949540468_7cc4c9da-d3f0-4554-9a25-e6040dc6519d.webp?v=1773562089","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/dummy-ventriloquist-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}