{"product_id":"cyborg-detective","title":"Cyborg Detective","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #7f6000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAn NPR Favorite Book of 2019\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her third collection of poems, Jillian Weise delivers a reckoning to the ableism of the Western Canon. These poems investigate and challenge the ways that nondisabled writers have appropriated disabled bodies, from calling out William Carlos Williams to biohacking Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” to chronicling the ongoing headlines of violence against disabled women. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart invective, part love poem, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCyborg Detective \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eholds a magnifying glass to the marginalization and fetishization of disabled people while claiming space and pride for the people who already use technology and cybernetic implants every day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFrom \"Anticipatory Action\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf cyborg enunciations are the future\u003cbr\u003eavant-garde, then what are real cyborgs?\u003cbr\u003eDo we have to be avant or can we\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebe ourselves? Sometimes you all\u003cbr\u003ecome in and need us to assert\u003cbr\u003eour powerlessness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course, we trust you.\u003cbr\u003eWe won't ask for inclusion.\u003cbr\u003eDo with us as you wish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr the nurse comes in and says,\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh no. You should have had\u003cbr\u003ethat shot hours ago,\" as if\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewe are responsible for time.\u003cbr\u003eCall the shots. Cheap shot,\u003cbr\u003ebig shot, give it a shot, parting shot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo we count yet? Not by a long—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eCyborg Detective\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“With a voice that is sassy, funny, and justifiably bitter, Weise sets ableist America — and America's literary subcultures — straight about a number of things in her third collection, in which every line snaps and many of them sting.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Craig Morgan Teicher, NPR Poetry Preview 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Here—and almost nowhere else in American poetry—we have an anarchic sharp-fanged satirist of the very first rank.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRHINO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Cyborg Detective looks into the past as it pushes into the future. Moving deftly between engaging with canonical authors and broken engagements, between Torah and Tinder, Weise focuses on the many ways we see the parts and not the whole and the consequences thereof.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Always sharp-witted, sophisticatedly savvy, and commanding in surprisingly vulnerable ways, Weise’s poems remind me that the stakes are high, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Anger, clarity, an unrelenting, unforgiving ear; funny, hot, intelligent, wise, challenging, outrageous and cool. Jillian Weise is simply among the small league of my favorite poets on earth. With \u003cem\u003eCyborg Detective\u003c\/em\u003e she’s even more so. She’s ONLY AWAKE and freely and incisively shares all that comes with that awesome and sinuous burden.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Eileen Myles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The poems in Jillian Weise’s \u003cem\u003eCyborg Detective \u003c\/em\u003econcern the nature of affliction. Which is not to say it’s not humorous; it is, in fact, hilarious, deeply and darkly so. Populated with a variety of voices that speak with a sort of sly candor that can only be prompted by the most intimate of inquiries, this book is a true ventriloquist act. With a thrilling lack of remorse, Weise targets the mundane viciousness of everyday hypocrisy like a heat-seeking missile.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Cate Marvin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“These poems are brilliant and funny and sad and utterly essential. They will completely unravel you in the most marvelous possible way.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Lev Grossman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCyborg Detective\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the way we peer into the Abled world, and finds confusion and terror in the reflection. It is a relief and joy to read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Karolyn Gehrig, creator of #HospitalGlam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poem \"Attack List\" continues on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AttackList\" title='Read the continuing poem \"Attack List\" from Cyborg Detective'\u003e@AttackList\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22736990699601,"sku":"9781942683858","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/CyborgDetective_CVR-min.jpg?v=1556109098","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/cyborg-detective","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}