{"product_id":"nerve-storm-isbn-9780140587036","title":"Nerve Storm","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"Your thoughts become fluid, volatile; their aroma fills the room. This is a nerve storm.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her first collection since \u003ci\u003eBitter Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award, Amy Gerstler\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexplores themes of suffering and redemption through a heady blend of folklore, popular culture, and the natural world in \u003ci\u003eNerve Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. The poet Eileen Myles has said that \"the supernatural, the sexy mundane, the out-of-sight are simply [Gerstler's] materials, employed as they might be in a piece of religious art.\" A crackling wit and whimsical instinct guide this collection as Gerstler traipses through humanity's triumphs and blunders, effortlessly revealing the surreal and surprising possibilities inherent in everyday life.Nerve StormAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetition\u003cbr\u003eShroud Song\u003cbr\u003eScarlet Fever\u003cbr\u003eFrench Leave\u003cbr\u003eOverheard on the Soul Train\u003cbr\u003eEther\u003cbr\u003eRest Cure\u003cbr\u003eMr. Right\u003cbr\u003eMy Place in His Heart\u003cbr\u003eThat Calm Sunday That Rolls\u003cbr\u003eOn and On\u003cbr\u003eFreud's Apology\u003cbr\u003eA Hypochondriac's Account of Herself\u003cbr\u003eMy Muse\u003cbr\u003eDust\u003cbr\u003eExtended Vacation\u003cbr\u003eAround the Block in Eighty Days\u003cbr\u003eSuffering in the Old Testament\u003cbr\u003eThe Mermaid's Purse\u003cbr\u003eLost in the Forest\u003cbr\u003eA Sinking Feeling\u003cbr\u003eOn Wanting to Grow Horns\u003cbr\u003eDead Hunters\u003cbr\u003eDiary of a Lonely Antcatcher\u003cbr\u003eGrass\u003cbr\u003eLosing Heart\u003cbr\u003eDear Rage Management Supervisor,\u003cbr\u003eFugue\u003cbr\u003eDuet\u003cbr\u003eQueen for a Day\u003cbr\u003eThe Virility Room\u003cbr\u003eDaughter of Eve\u003cbr\u003eThe Stretcher-bearers\u003cbr\u003eDoomsday\u003cbr\u003eNerve Storm\u003cbr\u003eThe One for Me\u003cbr\u003eSad Women's Harvest Song\u003cbr\u003eDuration\u003cbr\u003eModern Madonnas\u003cbr\u003eConsolation\u003cbr\u003eWhen empty of light,\u003cbr\u003eAn Invalid\u003cbr\u003eAutobiography\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Gerstler\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including the \u003cb\u003eParis Review\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e. Her 1990 book \u003cb\u003eBitter Angel\u003c\/b\u003e won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Previous titles from Penguin are \u003cb\u003eCrown of Weeds\u003c\/b\u003e, 1997, and \u003cb\u003eNerve Storm\u003c\/b\u003e, 1993.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304568443109,"sku":"NP9780140587036","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140587036.jpg?v=1767733622","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/nerve-storm-isbn-9780140587036","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}