{"title":"Natalie Kenvin","description":"Natalie Kenvin is the author of \u003cem\u003eBruise Theory\u003c\/em\u003e (BOA, 1995). She studied with Donald Hall, W. D. Snodgrass, Lucille Clifton and Charles Simic, and returned to writing in 1988 after a twenty-five-year silence. Many of her poems are set in urban neighborhoods and state hospitals, making Kenvin, like Sylvia Plath, a poet of dark moods and slashing epiphanies. \"To know her \/ Is like kissing in the narrow, warring alleys.\" From 1993-1995, Kenvin was co-editor of \u003cem\u003eNo Roses Review\u003c\/em\u003e and has won an NEA Award (1995) and an Illinois Artist in the Schools Award (1998-2000).","products":[{"product_id":"bruise-theory","title":"Bruise Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eChosen by renowned poet Carolyn Forché as a finalist for the 1993 AWP Award Series in Poetry, \u003cem\u003eBruise Theory\u003c\/em\u003e is Natalie Kenvin's debut poetry collection. Compact and powerful, her poems fly like small fists. Here are poems that address emotional illness, mother-daughter relationships, friendship and erotic love, physical abuse and the strength it takes to endure. These poems reveal Kenvin's extraordinary sympathy for her subjects—from her daughter in the throes of emotional illness to the bold figure of the character Sweetie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a first printing of the first edition. Copies have been archived at BOA Editions, Ltd. since publication and are in fine condition with minimal shelf wearing. Unread. Ideal collector's copy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":37724668297,"sku":"9781880238219","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":37724703433,"sku":"9781880238202","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/BRUISE_THEORY.jpg?v=1527683193"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/kenvin_fbf00e0d-8e1b-4c7e-893b-fdf02eadfc5c.jpg?v=1453995981","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/natalie-kenvin.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}