{"product_id":"9798987585214","title":"Public Abstract","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the 2023 APR\/Honickman First Book Prize and selected by judge Dana Levin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Abstract\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an intricate debut that examines illness and recovery, addiction and loss. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2023 APR\/Honickman First Book Prize, Jane Huffman’s intricate debut collection, \u003ci\u003ePublic Abstract\u003c\/i\u003e, examines illness and recovery, loss and addiction: the ripples of influence an addict has on their family circle, and vice versa. We watch as a private mind, devoted to its privacy, is laid out on the page and abstracted to become a public revelation. Building an aesthetic of compressed interiority, the speaker’s tension is clear—“From one lung, I tell the truth. \/ From the other lung, I lie.” Through intimate and meticulous poems, \u003ci\u003ePublic Abstract \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the operations of form, sewn together, and the failings of form, ripped apart. Crumbling under its own weight and folderol, form becomes an act of invention and in Huffman’s expert hands, revision becomes a genre.","brand":"Jane Huffman","offers":[{"title":"Copper Canyon Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-06","offer_id":44230049005823,"sku":"9798987585214","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_db045b6e-1499-48ac-a8fc-212a549fe94d.jpg?v=1692993142","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9798987585214","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}