{"title":"Jon Paul Fiorentino","description":"\u003cp\u003eJon Paul Fiorentino's works explore the intersection of language, identity, and contemporary culture with a distinct poetic sensibility. His writing often blurs the boundaries between genres, offering readers a unique blend of experimental poetry and provocative cultural critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngaging with themes that challenge conventional narratives, Fiorentino invites readers into a world where the arts and culture are examined through fresh, inventive perspectives. His collection is essential for those seeking thoughtful and innovative literary voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"indexical-elegies-by-jon-paul-fiorentino-9781552452349","title":"Indexical Elegies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith links to intense poetic works like John Berryman's \u003ci\u003eDream Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, Gilbert Sorrentino's \u003ci\u003eCorrosive Sublimate\u003c\/i\u003e, and Erin Moure's \u003ci\u003eFurious\u003c\/i\u003e, Jon Paul Fiorentino's new collection is a whip-smart poetic investigation of anxiety in all its many manifestations. Anxiety caused by geography, anxieties of influence, and looming worries about loss inform the poems as they weave narrative threads and associations that highlight both the treachery of language and its necessity in shaping human experience: 'All roads, side roads\/all text, signage\/All seasons, autumn\/ all memories, winter.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems here build on Derrida's ideas about the psychological implications of memory and the archival impulse and on philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotics of 'the index.' \u003ci\u003eIndexical Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich, emotionally charged work that showcases Fiorentino's talents at their feisty, engaged best. From its Post-Prairie pamphleteering and its comic Montreal musings to its moving elegies, this is provocative poetry that never loses touch with the reader's pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596660785388,"sku":"9781552452349","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c86b54557892f04bab567fda72b1d29b.jpg?v=1777940306"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jon-paul-fiorentino.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}