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Inventive, gut-wrenching, and full of strength, Irish's work is in a category of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jenny Irish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793300521002,"sku":"9781956005325","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/tooth-box-7363250.jpg?v=1762151370"},{"product_id":"lupine","title":"Lupine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn unflinching new collection from poet, Jenny Irish, in which cultural violence against women is explored through various personae.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of all violence is fear: \u003cem\u003eLupine\u003c\/em\u003e is a gathering of feminist prose poetry engaging themes of ecology, animality, and the human unknown. A series of interconnected dramatic monologues, the poems inhabit the personae of figures traditionally deemed Monstrous, giving them voice to confront and reclaim the violent mythologies that have so often been imposed upon them. As these unmuzzled monsters speak, the collection collapses the boundaries between the self and the subjugated other, ultimately upending the discourse of monstrosity itself. By exposing how women are villainized and sacrificed in response to cultural fear, \u003cem\u003eLupine\u003c\/em\u003e offers a corrective to social narratives in which notions of the bestial and notions of the feminine are intimately entwined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fang concealed inside a flower, \u003cem\u003eLupine\u003c\/em\u003e has a mythological sense of ecopoetics, one in which nature is often vindicated, in all its mossy, sinewy, animal luster, for the violence we as humans have enacted upon it. Jenny Irish has an unflinching eye, interrogating 'spectacle and specimen, ' wielding a mirror against cruel and patriarchal abuses of power. This language of survival drips with 'darkness as she welcomes herself in' to reconsider what has traditionally been called wicked, or monstrous, or other. Challenging our preconceived notions of narrative, Irish lets wildness pulse against the edges of her sentences, 'obscene up close, ' but 'all a-light'-the reader is left dazzled, transformed.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Jenny Molberg, author of \u003cem\u003eRefusal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eLupine\u003c\/em\u003e is a rare feat of a chapbook, in which the poet Jenny Irish dawns the masks of so many monsters to tell us vividly how our culture fails women. From shadows, we make stories\" our speaker reminds us, and Irish shows us how the object casting the shadow is often the haphazard negligence we regard each other with. This book is a bestiary of deep lyric knowing, from the first poem to the closing, immaculate question that makes \u003cem\u003eLupine\u003c\/em\u003e's final line, what we're given is a chorus of beasts we can't help but think look like us.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-C.T. Salazar, author of \u003cem\u003eHeadless John the Baptist Hitchhiking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Just like the botanical ferocity that accompanies its title, \u003cem\u003eLupine\u003c\/em\u003e by Jenny Irish cracks the fangs from the aggressor, reveling in a primitive magic where women confront and disrupt their default historical fates. A delightfully dark examination of fear, and interrogation of the cautionary tale, Irish's collection offers advice that resonates from deep past into contemporary life. For example, in \"Harpy,\" we are told, 'Girl-child, if you must hate yourself, let it be for lack of talent rather than the body your soul inherited, ' while in 'Witch' we hear, 'A good girl keeps her mouth shut, and a bad girl gets the sound smacked out, and a smart girl knows she will be punished either way.' Resplendent with magnificent animals, abundant flora, and unforgettable voices, \u003cem\u003eLupine\u003c\/em\u003e is a showcase of the dramatic monologue at its wicked best.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Mary Biddinger, author of \u003cem\u003eDepartment of Elegy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jenny Irish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793302126634,"sku":"9781625570550","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/lupine-5286741.webp?v=1774978748"}],"url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/collections\/jenny-irish.oembed","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}