{"product_id":"becoming-lyla-dore-paperback","title":"Becoming Lyla Dore - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeri Youmans Grimm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of persona poems, Teri Youmans Grimm weaves the public history of silent film with the personal history of a fictional silent film star. \u003ci\u003eBecoming Lyla Dore\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the provocative fall and rise of a young woman whose coming of age coincides with that of moving pictures. Lyla's need to be desired becomes her downfall as well as the catalyst that drives her to success as a silent film actress. Through stunning imagery a character's vulnerabilities and strengths, her heartbreaks and triumphs are explored through the lens of history reimagined. These poems are luminous as nitrate film and just as incendiary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeri Youmans Grimm is the author of one previous poetry collection: \u003ci\u003eDirt Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e (University Press of Florida). Her writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConnecticut Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouth Dakota Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSugar House Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHomegrown in Florida: An Anthology of Florida Childhoods\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She currently teaches in the low-res MFA program at the University of Nebraska. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with her husband and two children where she sings in a cover band and hunts alligators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426096857266,"sku":"9781597093224","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/bf11a2c769510d44812df4061c832aef.webp?v=1778509867","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/becoming-lyla-dore-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}