{"product_id":"i-confess-9781552455111","title":"I Confess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow is a lyric poem like a polygraph machine? A personal, poetic examination of the technology of truth-telling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Schmaltz’s \u003ci\u003eI Confess\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the complexities of truth-telling in poetry, and the history of technologies designed to produce truth from willing and unwilling subjects, considering what it means to use a device – poetry or polygraph – to draw out one’s most profound feelings and emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the intersection of power, technology, and language, \u003ci\u003eI Confess\u003c\/i\u003e meditates on lie detection and its history, including trials by ordeal and pseudoscientific technologies. The poet then turns to his own personal experiences working with a lie detector and polygraph analyst. Taking himself as the central subject of the book, Schmaltz puts his subjectivity and positionality under scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answers to questions such as \u003ci\u003eWhat does family mean to you?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCan you describe a time when you felt your best? \u003c\/i\u003einspire a range of forms from conventional lyrical verse to list poems to palindromes to visual poems. With an afterword by Orchid Tierney,\u003ci\u003e I Confess\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal, poetic document of truth’s performance under duress.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eric Schmaltz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48308072415483,"sku":"9781552455111","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781552455111.jpg?v=1772484743","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/i-confess-9781552455111","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}