{"product_id":"burning-of-the-three-fires","title":"Burning of the Three Fires","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBurning of the Three Fires\u003c\/em\u003e shows Jeanne Marie Beaumont using her characteristic variety of techniques: dramatic monologues, lists, prose poems, nonce forms, object poems, and ekphrasis, to which she has added an exploration of biography, elegy, and rites. Among its layered themes, this book takes a multifaceted look at womanhood: there are dolls, historic and modern girlhoods, mythic re-tellings of characters from \u003cem\u003eGoldilocks\u003c\/em\u003e to the \u003cem\u003eBride of Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e, emotionally charged domestic trinkets, and even a conversation with Sylvia Plath conducted via an 8-Ball.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBurning of the Three Fires\u003c\/em\u003e is the third collection by the National Poetry Series award-winning author of \u003cem\u003ePlacebo Effects\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCurious Conduct\u003c\/em\u003e. Several of the poems in this collection have been recognized by anthologists and appeared in such volumes as \u003cem\u003eThe Year’s Best Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e Horr\u003cem\u003eor, When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDon’t Leave Hungry: 50 Years of Southern Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\"\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eBURNING OF THE THREE FIRES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\"\u003e\"Something charming, something sacred, and something wickedly fun collide and collaborate in Jeanne Marie Beaumont’s book. In poetry that is both art and performance, 'no circumstance is ordinary': \u003ccity w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cplace w:st=\"on\"\u003eBeaumont\u003c\/place\u003e\u003c\/city\u003e disrobes words to reveal their true skins—embarrassing stretch marks and all, she reconfigures phrases to construct surprising new angles from familiar lines, and, medium-like, she invites the spirits of other poets to the inventive dance between writer and muse. Enter \u003cem\u003eBurning of the Three Fires\u003c\/em\u003e and keep a close watch for the magic that is neither trick nor gimmick but pure, 'otherwordly' mystery.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rigoberto González\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2010\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8420081477,"sku":"9781934414408","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/BURNING_OF_THE_THREE_FIRES.jpg?v=1527683193","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/burning-of-the-three-fires","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}