{"product_id":"lilac-on-the-damneds-breath-by-tova-greene","title":"lilac on the damned's breath, by tova greene","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 40 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"before my father passed away in 2017, he planted four lilac bushes on the hill outside of my childhood home: one for him, one for my mom, one for my sister, \u0026amp; one for me. the ground in that part of new york is rocky \u0026amp; dry; simply put, they should not have taken to the land. by sheer force of an aries’ will, a miracle, or perhaps just a deep love for walt whitman, they’re still blooming every spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003emy debut poetry chapbook \u003cem\u003elilac on the damned’s breath\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to loss; to impermanence; to forgiveness (even in the face of abandonment). like the lilacs, it seems impossible—on some days it is—but i promise a new spring will always come.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e–tova greene\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003elilac on the damned's breath\u003c\/em\u003e is an emblematic title for Tova Greene's new collection. Greene has a visionary way of evoking intimacy in language which literally inhabits the spaces between people; we are leaning close to the lips of an Other. But the trope channels the action, the closeness, rather than buttressing the speaker... The language is wildly kinetic, but it doesn't flow from subject to object. It inhabits a space like prayer... The eloquence is dazzling in this work. It's impressive that it's always in the service of a psychological arc, a search for truths we might rescue from the fire of experience. It's always beautifully original.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e–D. Nurkse, Author of A Country of Strangers: New and Selected Poems (2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e(trigger warning: this chapbook contains mentions of death, abuse, sexual assault, \u0026amp; bodily harm. \u003cem\u003elilac on the damned’s breath\u003c\/em\u003e is poetically fictionalized \u0026amp; inspired by works of poetic fiction. as such, it cannot be taken as fact in any way, shape, or form. re: the cliche disclaimer, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events in this chapbook is purely coincidental. it is a cathartic reflection of my perspective, my opinions: nothing more.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543214735538,"sku":"LILATG","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543214768306,"sku":"LILATGe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/lilac6front.png?v=1780354129","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/lilac-on-the-damneds-breath-by-tova-greene","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}