{"product_id":"tedesco-kailey-lizzie-sppb","title":"Tedesco, Kailey: LIZZIE, SPEAK","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite Stag Publishing, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: January 1, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLizzie, Speak\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a conjuring of Lizzie Borden, the woman who was suspected of murdering her parents with an axe. Each poem invokes Lizzie’s spirit, trying to parse out the many difficulties that Lizzie faced during her time through the lens of a modern speaker, questioning maybe why, or even if she actually committed those murders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kailey Tedesco’s Lizzie, Speak is not merely a collection of poetry, but a conjuring, an invocation, a communion with Lizzie Borden herself. By voices, sometimes distinctly Kailey, sometimes Lizzie, I am guided through this séance of a new confessional until, ultimately, the line between the two becomes vague, itself a ghost without time or presence, “to speak \/ the language of saints, protected.” From the very beginning, I can feel my fingers on the planchette as these poems reveal –– letter by word by line –– a spirit, a history, an identity. Lizzie speaks through Tedesco, who has given us a beautiful portrait that is not only haunting and ethereal, but also temporal, intimate, and true.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Angelo Colavita, author of Flowersonnets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41624995725335,"sku":"9781732399235","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1708206491-900.jpg?v=1746053869","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/tedesco-kailey-lizzie-sppb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}