{"product_id":"i-will-destroy-you-poems-paperback","title":"I Will Destroy You: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Flynn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe newest collection from Nick Flynn, whose \"songs of experience hum with immediacy\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with a poem called \"Confessional\" and ending with a poem titled \"Saint Augustine,\" Nick Flynn's \u003ci\u003eI Will Destroy You \u003c\/i\u003einterrogates the potential of art to be redemptive, to remake and reform. But first the maker of art must claim responsibility for his past, his actions, his propensity to destroy others and himself. \u003ci\u003e\"Begin by descending, \u003c\/i\u003e\" Augustine says, and the poems delve into the deepest, most defeating parts of the self: addiction, temptation, infidelity, and repressed memory. These are poems of profound self-scrutiny and lyric intensity, jagged and probing. \u003ci\u003eI Will Destroy You\u003c\/i\u003e is an honest accounting of all that love must transcend and what we must risk for its truth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Flynn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous poetry books, including \u003ci\u003eMy Feelings \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSome Ether\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the PEN\/Joyce Osterweil Award, and three memoirs, including \u003ci\u003eAnother Bullshit Night in Suck City\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at the University of Houston and lives in New York.\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 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398520815794,"sku":"9781644450024","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b7f86a20b869a621cd3da64d27f08fa5.webp?v=1778053570","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/i-will-destroy-you-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}