{"product_id":"9781324021940-now-were-getting-somewhere","title":"Now We're Getting Somewhere","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoems\u003cbr\u003eA dark, no-holds-barred, and often hilarious collection from a prize-winning poet, veering between the poles of self and world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Addonizio’s sharp and irreverent eighth volume, \u003cem\u003eNow We’re Getting Somewhere\u003c\/em\u003e, is an essential companion to your practice of the Finnish art of \u003cem\u003ekalsarikännit\u003c\/em\u003e—drinking at home, alone in your underwear, with no intention of going out. Imbued with the poet’s characteristic precision and passion, the collection charts a hazardous course through heartache, climate change, dental work, \u003cem\u003eOutlander\u003c\/em\u003e, semiotics, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombatting existential gloom with a wicked, seductive energy, Addonizio investigates desire, loss, and the madness of contemporary life. She calls out to Walt Whitman and John Keats, echoes Dorothy Parker, and finds sisterhood with Virginia Woolf.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSometimes confessional, sometimes philosophical, these poems weave from desolation to drollery and clamor with raucous imagery: an insect in high heels, a wolf at an uncomfortable party, a glowing and self-serious guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA poet whose “voice lifts from the page, alive and biting” (Sky Sanchez, San Francisco Book Review), Addonizio reminds her reader, \"\u003cem\u003eif you think nothing \u0026amp; \/ no one can \/ listen I love you joy is coming\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56592478175606,"sku":"9781324021940","price":11.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_8112382_jpg.jpg?v=1762260324","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781324021940-now-were-getting-somewhere","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}