{"product_id":"dearest-creature-9780143116356","title":"Dearest Creature","description":"\u003cb\u003eA surreal new collection from an acclaimed poet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHallucinogenic plants chant in chorus. A thoughtful dog grants an interview. A caterpillar offers life advice. Amy Gerstler's newest collection of poetry, Dearest Creature, marries fact and fiction in a menagerie of dramatic monologues, twisted love poems, and epistolary pleadings. Drawing on sources as disparate as Lewis Carroll and Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as abnormal psychology, etiquette, and archaeology texts, these darkly imaginative poems probe what it means to be a sentient, temporary, flesh-and-blood beast, to be hopelessly, vividly creaturely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Gerstler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.76w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143116356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/2009 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2009 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/06\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Gerstler\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including the \u003cb\u003eParis Review\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e. Her 1990 book \u003cb\u003eBitter Angel\u003c\/b\u003e won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Previous titles from Penguin are \u003cb\u003eCrown of Weeds\u003c\/b\u003e, 1997, and \u003cb\u003eNerve Storm\u003c\/b\u003e, 1993.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43781791547507,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_018d2707-018a-4862-a6b9-b63526420dcf.jpg?v=1757594909","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/dearest-creature-9780143116356","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}