{"title":"Ange Mlinko","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"shoulder-season","title":"Shoulder Season","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry by Ange Mlinko\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eApril 1, 2010 • 6 x 9 • 82 pages • 978-1-56689-243-8\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eExacting, virtuosic lyrics on surviving tough times.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a title that plays upon “shouldering” one’s burden, this equally fanciful and hard-hitting collection captures the uncertainties and economic turmoil of 21st century life, where the mind might still be “a little spa,” but the future “is hedged against the \/ boys who died.” Like the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e said of her last collection, “[Mlinko’s] intoxicating, cerebral poems display a unique sense of humor and mystery.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnge Mlinko, born in Philadelphia and a longtime New York resident, is the author of \u003cem\u003eStarred Wire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShoulder Season\u003c\/em\u003e and now lives in Beirut. She writes a regular column on language for the \u003cem\u003eNation\u003c\/em\u003e and in 2009, she received the Randall Jarrell Award for Criticism from the Poetry Foundation. Poems from this collection have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNation, New Yorker, London Review of Books, Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e“On balance it is easy to accept the primacy Mlinko gives to language, as the book is guaranteed by such an activated and gung-ho verbal intelligence that it is only a question of where its successes will be.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Half John Ashbery, half \u003cem\u003eHarriet the Spy.\u003c\/em\u003e . . . 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The poems are intricate and subtle in their meaning, musical with a finely orchestrated cadence.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeminist Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Pirouetting beyond fields plowed and sown by Frank O’Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, and Alice Notley, Ange Mlinko is creating her own space in the world of poetry. . . . This may be the \u003cem\u003eShoulder Season\u003c\/em\u003e, yet no one has to go slumping through it without a little ecstasy.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGalatea Resurrects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is poetry of the information age, and not just because of the terms Mlinko uses or the experiences she recounts. Her poems convey a sense of of distraction among plentitude, with ideas images, and anecdotes giving way to one another via quick associations. It all adds up to a poetry that’s slippery, probing, and restlessly erudite. . . . These are clever poems, even showy—for Mlinko, that’s; an act of generosity and fun, not a failure of modesty. It’s as if she’s egging us on to hurry up and live a little.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePleiades\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In Ange Mlinko’s \u003cem\u003eShoulder Season\u003c\/em\u003e observation and metaphor are always on edge. . . . The poems are at once formally engaged, playful, and disturbing. It’s a wild ride and a great read.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Rae Armantrout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHPbeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43707650062,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1475\/9808\/products\/Shoulder_Season.jpg?v=1515105402"},{"product_id":"starred-wire","title":"Starred Wire","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry by Ange Mlinko\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSeptember 1, 2005 • 6 x 9 • 76 pages • 978-1-56689-177-6\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThis National Poetry Series winner is a seriously playful tour de force of imaginative language.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHailed by \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e as “one of the most exciting American poets under 40,” Mlinko’s \u003cem\u003eStarred Wire\u003c\/em\u003e reaches across continents of language where, as in Borges, dream logic dictates an interactive, delirious exploration of art and childhood, place and possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnge Mlinko, born in Philadelphia and a longtime New York resident, is the author of \u003cem\u003eStarred Wire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShoulder Season\u003c\/em\u003e and now lives in Beirut. 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