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The Rose

By Ariana Reines

The Rose

By Ariana Reines

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"In The Rose, award-winning poet Ariana Reines explores the intersection of rage and surrender. Drawing on the lineage of medieval troubadours' erotic poetry, Reines employs the feminine, sexual symbology of the titular flower to also explore masculine pain: "I loved to hurt, be hurt by him. / There was a locked & secret mansion in him that I loved." In these poems, inherited ideologies of femininity and masculinity are replaced with bold vulnerability, and the overturning of gender dynamics transforms the speaker's understanding of suffering, desire, and transmutation. The voice in The Rose is wry and bare, dealing honestly with the connection between erotic love and spirituality. Reines approaches these themes with humor: "I want to vomit, die, and change my life in that exact order." Investigating war, maternity, violence and sensuality, and the role of writing in magical acts, Reines is unafraid to write "the horrible / And Freudian thing" that "might ruin this poem," and the result is a bloody and pulsing, sexy and unabashed bloom"--
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
96
Release Date:
2025-04-15
Publication Date:
2025-04-15
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1644453347
ISBN13:
9781644453346
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
210 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
223 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
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