{"product_id":"red-death-purple-dark","title":"Red Death, Purple Dark","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe debut poetry book by Thalia Geiger, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWild Like a Woman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRed Death, Purple Dark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e cycles through seasons, centering the rot of all forms: tending to dying plants in the garden, debilitating depression in the mind, broken politics of the world, and suffering sickness in the home. Through a series of failures and persistence, the poetry within is a passion for life and its absence: a painful, yet essential, pruning that we all must undergo. This book is for the health of the garden and the welfare of the soul. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eON ZAMI AND OTHER THINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am listening to a taping of Audre Lorde,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eher voice patient and not unlike my mother’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhen she would ask me a question about myself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe says, “I have died too many deaths\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat were not mine” and I want\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto take on the part of my mother,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereach out my hand to pat her puffed ‘fro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eor smooth it with coconut oil like my mother\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003edid mine, saying, I know, honey. I know.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e979-8-9987727-2-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e74pgs, 5.5” x 8.5”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCover design by Josh Dale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThalia Geiger\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet and editor. She is the author of the chapbook, WILD LIKE A WOMAN (Finishing Line Press, 2025), and has work featured in \u003cem id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1794423239526_216\"\u003eNew York Quarterly, Allegory Ridge, Coffin Bell, Grim \u0026amp; Gilded\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. She hails from Philadelphia, where she works in journal publishing. You can check out her website at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thaliageiger.com\"\u003ethaliageiger.com\u003c\/a\u003e and find her on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thalierr\/\"\u003eInstagram \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thalia Geiger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67986931646749,"sku":"9798998772726","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/Red_Death_Purple_Dark_FRONT_2.png?v=1794423340","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/red-death-purple-dark","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}