{"product_id":"brain-fever-poems-0393243354","title":"Brain Fever: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0393243354\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hahn, Kimiko\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in traditional Japanese aesthetics and meditations on contemporary neuroscience, a stunning new volume from an essential American poet. Acclaimed as \"one of the most fascinating female poets of our time\" (BOMB), Kimiko Hahn is a shape-shifter, a poet who seeks novel forms for her utterly original subject matter and \"stands as a welcome voice of experimentation and passion\" (Bloomsbury Review). In Brain Fever, Hahn integrates the recent findings of science, ancient Japanese aesthetics, and observations from her life as a woman, wife, mother, daughter, and artist.Rooted in meditations on contemporary neuroscience, Brain Fever takes as its subject the mysteries of the human mind-the nature of dreams and memories, the possibly illusory nature of linear time, the complexity of conveying love to a child. In one poem, \"A Bowl of Spaghetti,\" she cites a comparison that researchers draw between unraveling \"the millions of miles of wires in the [human] brain\" and \"untangling a bowl of spaghetti,\" and thus she untangles a memory of her own: \"I have an old photo: Rei in her high chair intently \/ picking out each strand to mash in her mouth. \/\/ Was she two? Was that sailor dress from mother? \/ Did I cook that sauce from scratch? If so, there was a carrot in the pot.\"Equally inspired by Sei Shonagon's tenth-century Pillow Book and the latest findings of cognitive research, Brain Fever is a thrilling blend of the timely and the timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51539126714656,"sku":"NEW0393243354","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51Zx0E43_cL.jpg?v=1777485490","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/brain-fever-poems-0393243354","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}