{"product_id":"helen-of-troy-1993-poems","title":"Helen of Troy, 1993: Poems","description":"Named a Best Book the Year by The New Yorker, NPR, Electric Literature, and more!\n\n“Zoccola has beautifully and resourcefully reimagined this mythic material…Zoccola’s Helen has succeeded in joining her mythic forebear.” —The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice\n\nPart myth retelling, part character study, this sharp, visceral debut poetry collection reimagines Helen of Troy from Homer’s Iliad as a disgruntled housewife in 1990s Tennessee.\n\nIn the hills of Sparta, Tennessee, during the early nineties, Helen decides to break free from the life that stifles her: marriage, motherhood, the monotonous duties of a Southern housewife. But leaving isn’t the same thing as staying gone…\n\nRooted in a lush natural landscape, this stunning poetry collection explores Helen’s isolation and rebellion as her expansive personality clashes with the social rigidity of her small town. In richly layered poems with settings that range from football games to Chuck E. Cheese to the bathroom of a Motel 6, Helen enters adulthood as a disaffected homemaker grasping for agency. She marries the wrong man, gives birth to a child she is not ready to parent, and embarks on an affair that throws her life into chaos. But she never surrenders ownership of her story or her choices, insisting to the reader: “if you never owned a bone-sharp biography… \/ i don’t want to hear it. i want you silent. \/ i want you listening to me.”\n\nBlurring the line between mythology and modernity, Helen of Troy, 1993 is an unforgettable collection that shows the Homeric Helen like she’s never been seen before.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1668046334\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1668046334.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Zoccola, Maria\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41447032619066,"sku":"DBV.1668046334.G","price":9.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1668046334-0.jpg?v=1780719727","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/helen-of-troy-1993-poems","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}