{"product_id":"09-21-26-eleftherion-melissa-malocchia","title":"[09\/21\/26] Eleftherion, Melissa: Malocchia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite Stag Publishing, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 21, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalocchia is a collection of narrative \u0026amp; erasure poems that wander the haunted terrain of bloodlines, memory, \u0026amp; becoming. Taking its name from the feminized form of the Italian malocchio, or \"evil eye\", this book invokes a matriarchal inheritance through which the speaker seeks to discern their own reflection, blessing \u0026amp; curse entwined. This book is an excavation to uncover the relics of ancestry, confront the unseen forces that bind generations together, \u0026amp; explore a self that can endure beyond them. Through erasure, invocation, \u0026amp; revelation, Malocchia is an unflinching meditation on what we carry, what we choose to leave behind, \u0026amp; the possibility of forging a future beyond the weight of lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalocchia refuses to believe it is cursed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The myth of my Italian heritage says I may have the malocchio To be stalked by a death’s head moth To be stalked by wings I must carry a horn Stout tongue of the stigma If the oil forms an eye, your fur is mine\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-from Imaginary Elegy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45372695412759,"sku":"9781969414114","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1784180684-900.jpg?v=1785970724","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/09-21-26-eleftherion-melissa-malocchia","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}