{"product_id":"see-you-never-by-karin-olander","title":"See You Never, by Karin Olander","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThemes of alienation, lost love, fear of surveillance, and the search for identity permeate \u003cem\u003eSee You Never\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of poems revolving around an indictment of past lovers and gender norms exerting force in a bizarre world. The poems investigate the long process of saying goodbye and shedding nostalgia, and the claiming of the self in oppressive environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSee You Never\u003c\/em\u003e enjoys a good breathless rant, saying all the things that should have been said in the moment but weren’t. Set in a variety of ordinary places around the United States, including Edgar Allan Poe’s grave, a bad party, and a Waffle House, the poems feature an ongoing urge to escape the recollection of things past —“my memory’s the hot lettuce\/and you are the rat sandwich”—and through a dreamy, unsettling world, find some way to turn toward the future.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally from the foothills of Appalachia, Karin is a poet and collagist living in Portland, Oregon. She runs The People’s Ink, a free, weekly virtual poetry workshop for anyone who wants to join, and is the former co-curator of \u003cem\u003eBushwick Sweethearts\u003c\/em\u003e, a now-defunct zine and reading series based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been published in \u003cem\u003eFence\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRight Hand Pointing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSimilar Peaks\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. You can find her on the internet @drivelikekarin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543283581106,"sku":"SEEYKO","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543283613874,"sku":"SEEYKOe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/neverfront.png?v=1780354947","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/see-you-never-by-karin-olander","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}