{"product_id":"romance-or-the-end-poems-paperback","title":"Romance or the End: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElaine Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book takes me right back to the Carnage Years―yours, too―sacrificed to love. If only I, you, had possessed Elaine Kahn's wisdom and wit. These poems are lacerating, coy, bloody, and so true I wanted to memorize lines from them.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e―Rachel Kushner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Flamethrowers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomance or The End\u003c\/i\u003e takes up the tools of romantic narrative in order to perform the rupture between self and story that occurs at the onset of trauma. Using known and pathologized literary arcs, Elaine Kahn unspools the fundamental instability of truth, love, and language to create an experiential portrait of narrative's power to both disfigure and restore. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eROMANCE or THE END\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about love. \u003cbr\u003eAnd it is a book about lies. \u003cbr\u003eLove can be a lie, but it is also always true. \u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about truth. \u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about story. \u003cbr\u003eThere is no such thing as a true story and so there are no stories in this book. \u003cbr\u003eWithout a story, there is separation. \u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about separation. \u003cbr\u003eEverything is a story. Even the truth. \u003cbr\u003eThere is nothing truer in this world than the lie of love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElaine Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen in Public\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights, 2015), as well as several chapbooks including \u003ci\u003eI Told You I Was Sick: A Romance\u003c\/i\u003e (After Hours, Ltd., 2017), \u003ci\u003eA Voluptuous Dream During An Eclipse\u003c\/i\u003e (Poor Claudia, 2012) and \u003ci\u003eCustomer\u003c\/i\u003e (Ecstatic Peace! Library, 2010). Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJubilat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and teaches at Pomona College and the Poetry Field School. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47458433925298,"sku":"9781593765842","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/793e3c7960881eca0aa783a5e35ce157.webp?v=1778891702","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/romance-or-the-end-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}