{"product_id":"vertigo-ghost-poems-9780393541861","title":"Vertigo \u0026 Ghost: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2021 by Publishers Weekly  Winner of the 2019 Forward and Roehampton Prizes  Vertigo \u0026amp; Ghost offers a searing reimagining of Greek myths of sexual violence that crackles with rage  energy  and empathy. Beginning with a poem about the teenage dawning of sexuality  Vertigo \u0026amp; Ghost pitches quickly into a fierce  electrifying  riveting sequence that exposes Zeus as a serial rapist  for whom women are prey and sex is weaponized. As unflinching  devastating poems of vulnerability and anger confront Zeus with aggressions both personal and historical  his house comes crumbling down. In its place  acclaimed poet Fiona Benson reveals a disturbing contemporary world in which violent acts against women continue to be perpetrated on a daily  even hourly  basis. In the volumes second half  Benson shifts to an intimate and lyrical document of depression and family life. These moving poems probe the ambivalent terrain of early motherhoodits anxieties and claustrophobias as well as its gifts of tenderness and lovereclaiming the sanctuary of domestic private life and the right to raise children in peace and safety. Together  these two halves form a complex portrait of modern womanhood. Dynamic in its range and risk  Vertigo \u0026amp; Ghost introduces an important British voice to an American audience  a voice that speaks out with clarity  grace  and bravery against abuse of power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960388837429,"sku":"ByrdShop_039354186X","price":45.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393541861.jpg?v=1788285759","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vertigo-ghost-poems-9780393541861","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}