{"product_id":"i-do-know-somethings","title":"I Do Know Somethings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe long-anticipated third collection from the revered Richard Siken delivers his most personal and introspective collection yet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRichard Siken's long-anticipated third collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Do Know Some Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, navigates the ruptured landmarks of family trauma: a mother abandons her son, a husband chooses death over his wife. While excavating these losses, personal history unfolds. We witness Siken experience the death of a boyfriend and a stroke that is neglectfully misdiagnosed as a panic attack. Here, we grapple with a body forgetting itself \"the mind that \/ didn't work, the leg that wouldn't move...\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Meditations on language are woven throughout the collection. Nouns won't connect and Siken must speak around a meaning: \"dark-struck, slumber-felt, sleep-clogged.\" To say \"black tree\" when one means \"night.\" Siken asks us to consider what a body can and cannot relearn. \"Part insight, part anecdote,\" he is meticulous and fearless in his explorations of the stories that build a self. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold in 77 prose poems, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Do Know Some Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e teaches us about transformation. We learn to shoulder the dark, to find beauty in \"The field [that] had been swept clean of habit.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Siken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56865386070396,"sku":"9781556596247","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0427\/9412\/3414\/files\/9781556596247.jpg?v=1781195509","url":"https:\/\/www.queerlit.co.uk\/products\/i-do-know-somethings","provider":"Queer Lit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}