{"product_id":"a-gaze-hound-that-hunteth-by-the-eye-poems-paperback","title":"A Gaze Hound That Hunteth by the Eye: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eV. Penelope Pelizzon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglist, 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten over a decade while the author lived on four continents, \u003ci\u003eA Gaze Hound That Hunteth by the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e maps the cultural legacies we cherish against those we reject. Playful and wrenching by turns, with lines inflected by the spoken music of their Arabic, Oshiwambo, Xhosa, and Italian contexts, these profound poems explore a life where displacement is the norm. From choosing not to have children to wrestling with a left-hand stick shift in Johannesburg traffic to braising a camel loin for friends in Damascus, V. Penelope Pelizzon's poems transport us into unexpected depths of feeling with language that is scintillant, luxurious, and wise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. Penelope Pelizzon \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNostos\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Hollis Summers Prize and the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eWhose Flesh Is Flame, Whose Bone Is Time\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. She is also the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eTabloid, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e, a critical study of film, photography, and crime narratives. Her recognitions include a Hawthornden Fellowship, the Amy Lowell Traveling Scholarship, a Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship, and a \"Discovery\"\/\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e Award. A diplomat's spouse, she has spent the past two decades living and working part-time in Syria, Namibia, South Africa, Italy, and the United States. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.72 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43778451865663,"sku":"9780822967217","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/a-gaze-hound-that-hunteth-by-the-eye-poems-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}