{"product_id":"i-was-bonnie-and-clyde-laura-kasischke","title":"I Was Bonnie and Clyde","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs technology and consumerism inch to the forefront of society, \u003ci\u003eI Was Bonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates small collisions between life and death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Kasischke's newest collection, every moment contains an infinity: the mundane in the monumental, and the monumental in the mundane. \u003ci\u003eI Was Bonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates small collisions between life and death, from \"that last suitcase circling \/ its last loop \/ for all of eternity\" to \"the mole \/ hauled out of the ground \/ by the dog \/ to die in the sun.\" Ghosts haunt and heighten these poems as they draw upon the independent weariness of women throughout history: Bonnie Parker, Lady Godiva, Amy Winehouse, a handbook's unnamed perfect hostess. Lovingly self-effacing, Kasischke evokes vulnerability, disbelief, and tragedy with a quiet, conversational reverence. With wordplay and exclamation, lament and ironic humor, these poems invite as they reflect, reaching out to a forbidding world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laura Kasischke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44246696525866,"sku":"9781556597312","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/i-was-bonnie-and-clyde-3559141.jpg?v=1775846407","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/i-was-bonnie-and-clyde-laura-kasischke","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}