{"product_id":"i-do-know-some-things-richard-siken-hardcover-pre-order","title":"I Do Know Some Things -- Richard Siken, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe long-anticipated third collection from the revered Richard Siken delivers his most personal and introspective collection yet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Siken's long-anticipated third collection, \u003cem\u003e I Do Know Some Things\u003c\/em\u003e, navigates the ruptured landmarks of family trauma: a mother abandons her son, a husband chooses death over his wife. While excavating these losses, personal history unfolds. We witness Siken experience the death of a boyfriend and a stroke that is neglectfully misdiagnosed as a panic attack. Here, we grapple with a body forgetting itself--\"the mind that \/ didn't work, the leg that wouldn't move...\". Meditations on language are woven throughout the collection. Nouns won't connect and Siken must speak around a meaning: \"dark-struck, slumber-felt, sleep-clogged.\" To say \"black tree\" when one means \"night.\"Siken asks us to consider what a body can and cannot relearn. \"Part insight, part anecdote,\" he is meticulous and fearless in his explorations of the stories that build a self. Told in 77 prose poems, \u003cem\u003eI Do Know Some Things\u003c\/em\u003e teaches us about transformation. We learn to shoulder the dark, to find beauty in \"The field [that] had been swept clean of habit.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Siken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556596247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Siken\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, painter, and filmmaker. His book \u003ci\u003eCrush\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück, a Lambda Literary Award, a Thom Gunn Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His other books are \u003ci\u003eWar of the Foxes\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eI Do Know Some Things\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2025). Siken is a recipient of a Pushcart Prize, two Lannan Fellowships, two Arizona Commission on the Arts grants, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Siken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46677806514404,"sku":"9781556596247","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781556596247.jpg?v=1779392412","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/i-do-know-some-things-richard-siken-hardcover-pre-order","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}