{"title":"Jolanda Insana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJolanda Insana\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a profound exploration of sound and expression through her compelling works in the realm of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. Her writing delves into the rhythms and textures of language, inviting readers to experience poetry as a dynamic and immersive art form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles such as \u003cem\u003eSlashing Sounds\u003c\/em\u003e, Insana's work challenges conventional boundaries, blending vivid imagery with evocative soundscapes. Ideal for those seeking a richly textured literary experience, her books illuminate the interplay between voice, form, and emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"slashing-sounds-by-jolanda-insana-9780226835747","title":"Slashing Sounds","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first collection of Italian poet Jolanda Insana's work to be published in English, featuring transgressive poems that evidence the power of language.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJolanda Insana's \u003cem\u003eSlashing Sounds\u003c\/em\u003e uses invectives, fragments, epigrams, and epigraphs to construct poems that pulse with the texture of an idiosyncratic Sicilian dialect. The poems in this collection are ferocious, irreverent, strange, snarky, and otherworldly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInsana's commitment to contentiousness, her brutal and skeptical eye, and her preoccupation with language make her poetry particularly arresting. For Insana, there is no subject more worthy of our interest than language's misfires and contradictory impulses—language being the ultimate arrow, forging a direction in the world and forcing a turn toward whatever reality appears in front of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first book-length collection of Insana's poetry published in English, \u003cem\u003eSlashing Sounds\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful offering that addresses a lack of female Italian voices in Anglophone poetry publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427879043308,"sku":"9780226835747","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226835747.jpg?v=1774767253"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jolanda-insana.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}