{"product_id":"the-book-of-goodbyes","title":"The Book of Goodbyes","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Los Angeles Times described Jillian Weise’s debut poetry collection as “a fearless dissection of the taboo and the hidden.” In her Isabella Gardner Poetry Award-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewinning second collection, Weise chronicles an affair with a man she names “Big Logos.” These poems throw into question sex, the law, identity, sentiment and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003epower, shifting between lyric and narrative, hyper-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003erealism and magical realism, fact and fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eSEMI SEMI DASH\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe last time I saw Big Logos he was walking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto the Quantum Physics Store to buy magnets.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe told me his intentions.  He was wearing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea jumpsuit with frayed cuffs. I thought the cuffs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003egot that way from him rubbing them against \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis lips but he said they got that way \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith age.  We had two more blocks to walk.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Once I do this, what are you going to do?” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe asked.  “I wish you wouldn’t do it,” I said. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBig Logos bought the magnets and a crane \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003edelivered them to his house. After he built \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe 900-megahertz superconductor, I couldn’t go \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto his house anymore because I have all kinds \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof metal in my body.  I think if you love someone, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyou shouldn’t do that, build something like that, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon purpose, right in front of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Goodbyes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e “\u003c\/em\u003e...A smart and savvy ode to absences—of a lover, of a self, and of a part of the self, literal and figurative …Throughout, Weise’s masterfully balanced voice transforms even unique intricacies of her experience into a way to relate to—not alienate—the reader. This is a brilliant book ultimately about connection.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eIn a world where subway cars are filled with passengers staring at tiny screens, where to like something you click something, we are lucky to have Jillian Weise\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es new book of poems to take to bed, to take on the bus, to sneak into our pacified English Lit curriculum. \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Goodbyes\u003c\/em\u003e is a narrative, lyric, modern, mash-up of our experience on earth.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e —\u003c\/em\u003eMatthew Dickman, author of \u003cem\u003eAll-American Poem \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMayakovsky\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es Revolver\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eThe Book of Goodbyes\u003c\/em\u003e is in effect a Book of Eternal Returns. The poems lead us through our minute daily-life distractions with a matter-of-fact candor that expands the dimensions of intimacy available to us. Ultimately, the \u003cem\u003eGoodbye\u003c\/em\u003e itself is the muse here – to leave a thing, an idea, a person, a way of life that limits your own being – and to sing for the process of leaving. Weise helps us understand that when we say goodbye, we leave something in the past as much as in the future—this book is a beautiful lesson in how to do exactly that, and in how the humbleness of doing so is in fact heroic.”\u003cstrong\u003e —Harmony Holiday, author of \u003cem\u003eNegro League Baseball\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJillian Weise—an above-the-knee amputee with a computerized prosthetic—identifies as a cyborg and has discussed the identity in essays for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDrunken Boat\u003c\/em\u003e. Her books include \u003cem\u003eThe Amputee’s Guide to Sex\u003c\/em\u003e (Soft Skull Press, 2007) and \u003cem\u003eThe Colony\u003c\/em\u003e (Counterpoint\/Soft Skull Press, 2010). She is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University, and a contributing editor at \u003cem\u003eThe South Carolina Review\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublication Date: September 3, 2013\u003cbr\u003eISBN:\u003cstrong\u003e 978-1-938160-14-1\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color: #a52a2a; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"availOrange\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8420266437,"sku":"9781938160141","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/BookofGoodbyes_cvr_Mech_HI_front_Seal.jpg?v=1629289404","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/the-book-of-goodbyes","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}