{"product_id":"deathwish-by-ben-fama","title":"Fama, Ben: Deathwish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeathwish \u003c\/em\u003eby Ben Fama (Newest York Arts Press, paperback)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: June 1, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003ePoetry. Ben Fama's DEATHWISH drops us back into the beauty and the fantasies teased out in his first book of poetry, FANTASY, re-braiding them through BDSM scenarios, metaphysical inquiries, and the maximalism of the contemporary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If your iPhone had any feelings it would write like Ben Fama.\"—Ariana Reines\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Ben Fama's 'I' is a desolate seer; his 'you' is us all; reading DEATHWISH is a role play. These sexy, uncluttered poems are love notes and accusations saturated with a personal\/political heartsickness I find weirdly consoling. Fama's vivid, semi-abstract renderings of moments within our terrible moments are gifts.\"—Johanna Fateman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"DEATHWISH finds beauty in scarcity and drained resources—nudes take up all the data, and brunch is a blackout. These poems want to die young, but instead live out the melancholy of endurance. I loved this book.\"—Chelsea Hodson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31337268412439,"sku":"9780999343418","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/content_a985988d-a9e1-4110-8cd9-6e945de29c42.jpg?v=1586745849","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/deathwish-by-ben-fama","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}