{"product_id":"the-rose-poems-ariana-reines-paperback","title":"The Rose: Poems -- Ariana Reines, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning poet Ariana Reines navigates the intersection of power and surrender. \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the history of \"romance\" as the troubadours knew it and the titular flower's ancient allegories for sexuality and mystery, Reines plunges into feminine archetypes to explore masculine pain: \"I have always liked helpless \/ \u0026amp; terrible men because they break my mind.\" In these poems, inherited ideologies of gender performance are replaced with bold vulnerability: paradoxes of power and surrender transmute the speaker's understanding of suffering, desire, and the soul. \u003cbr\u003eThe voice in \u003ci\u003eThe Rose\u003c\/i\u003e is wry and bare, approaching the connection between erotic love and spirituality with humor. Investigating war, maternity, violent sensuality, and the role of language in magical acts, Reines is unafraid to uncover the \"secret \/ \u0026amp; terrible shovelings \/ Of love,\" and the result is a bloody and pulsing, sexy and unabashed bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ariana Reines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644453346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAriana Reines is an award-winning poet, playwright, and performing artist from Salem, Massachusetts. Her books include \u003ci\u003eA Sand Book\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Her play \u003ci\u003eTelephone\u003c\/i\u003e won two Obies and has been performed internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ariana Reines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67394553086180,"sku":"9781644453346","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781644453346.jpg?v=1790581818","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-rose-poems-ariana-reines-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}