{"product_id":"black-box","title":"Black Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Belieu's poems use a vernacular of their own to suggest a noir world of erotic innuendo and red lights waiting to be run.\"--\u003ci\u003eNeon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/i\u003e is a raw, intense book, fueled by a devastating infidelity. With her marriage shattered, Erin Belieu sifts the wreckage for the black box, the record of disaster. Propelled by a blistering and clarifying rage, she composed at fever pitch and produced riveting, unforgettable poems, such as the ten-part sequence \"In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI root through your remains, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003elooking for the black box. Nothing left\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ebut glossy chunks, a pimp's platinum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etooth clanking inside the urn. I play you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eover and over, my beloved conspiracy, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emy personal Zapruder film--look. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Belieu was invited by the Poetry Foundation to keep a public journal on their new website, readers responded to the \u003ci\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/i\u003e poems, calling them \"dark, twisted, disturbed, and disturbing\" and Belieu a \"frightening genius.\" \u003ci\u003eAll true.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erin Belieu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44816585162794,"sku":"9781556592515","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/black-box-8814792.jpg?v=1789040648","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/black-box","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}