{"product_id":"black-box-1","title":"Black Box","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/h1\u003eErin Belieu\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003eOctober 1 2006\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781556592515\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1556592515\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Belieu's poems use a vernacular of their own to suggest a noir world of erotic innuendo and red lights waiting to be run.\"--\u003ci\u003eNeon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/i\u003e is a raw, intense book, fueled by a devastating infidelity. With her marriage shattered, Erin Belieu sifts the wreckage for the black box, the record of disaster. Propelled by a blistering and clarifying rage, she composed at fever pitch and produced riveting, unforgettable poems, such as the ten-part sequence \"In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI root through your remains, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003elooking for the black box. Nothing left\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ebut glossy chunks, a pimp's platinum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etooth clanking inside the urn. I play you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eover and over, my beloved conspiracy, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emy personal Zapruder film--look. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Belieu was invited by the Poetry Foundation to keep a public journal on their new website, readers responded to the \u003ci\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/i\u003e poems, calling them \"dark, twisted, disturbed, and disturbing\" and Belieu a \"frightening genius.\" \u003ci\u003eAll true.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392778010669,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_1fe4591c-9072-4b14-b3cb-a3c72091b616.jpg?v=1787367875","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/black-box-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}