{"product_id":"satan-talks-to-his-therapist-9781589881815","title":"Satan Talks to His Therapist","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"If the LOLSOB emoji could write verse that both sings and stings, the result would be \u003cem\u003eSatan Talks to His Therapist\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Allison Joseph, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eConfessions of a Barefaced Woman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Balmain treads that fine line between comedy and tragedy in poems graced by telling details, surprising turns, and a keen sense of the absurd … \u003ci\u003eSatan Talks to His Therapist\u003c\/i\u003e is a serious book that’s very funny, and Melissa Balmain’s gift is being able to tilt toward humor without losing the ache beneath the laughter.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLiterary Matters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSatan Talks to His Therapist,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Melissa Balmain explores the lighter side of dark times. Playful yet poignant, her poems perfectly capture our human fallibility and comedic sense of importance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection begins with “On Looking at an MRI Cross-Section,” in which Balmain peeks inside her own skull to consider the jumble of thoughts and memories harbored there. After this introduction to the poet's inner world, the book divides into three sections: Spiraling Down, In Limbo, and Climbing Out. The poems in this lyrical descent and ascent are about climate change, social media, pandemics, politics (sexual and otherwise), parenthood, consumerism, aging, loss, and ills, both physical and societal. Balmain writes in meter and rhyme, and she uses traditional forms (sonnets, villanelles, terza rima) as well as ones she’s coined for the moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSatan Talks to His Therapist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provide clarity and comedy in a time that feels anything but clear or comic, and they hint at the consolations of art, kindness, maturity, persistence, love, and, of course, humor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melissa Balmain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286746149115,"sku":"9781589881815","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781589881815_d06bacea-3049-4063-865d-56655f853725.jpg?v=1772485118","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/satan-talks-to-his-therapist-9781589881815","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}