{"product_id":"transformations","title":"Transformations by Anne Sexton","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems collected in this astonishing volume are reenactments, parodies, what Anne Sexton described as transformations, of seventeen Grimm fairy tales. Includes a Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr and Drawings by Barbara Swan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* \"Snow White\"\u003cbr\u003e* \"Rumpelstiltskin\"\u003cbr\u003e* \"Rapunzel\"\u003cbr\u003e* \"The Twelve Dancing Princesses\"\u003cbr\u003e* \"The Frog Prince\"\u003cbr\u003e* \"Red Riding Hood\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Astonishingly, they are as wholly personal as Anne Sexton's most intimate poems. Her metaphoric strength has never been greater -- really funny, among other things, a dark, dark laughter\" -C.K. Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I asked a poet friend one time what it was that poets did, and he thought awhile and then he told me, 'They extend the language.' Anne Sexton does a deeper favor for me: she domesticates my terror, examines it and describes it, teaches it some tricks which will amuse me, then lets it gallop into my forest once more.\" — from the foreword by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e: • Author: Anne Sexton • Publisher: Mariner Books • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9780618083435 • Ships direct from distributor in 3–7 business days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cedar Leaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275219394604,"sku":"9780618083435","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/2234\/1420\/files\/9780618083435.jpg?v=1770842712","url":"https:\/\/cedarleafbooks.com\/products\/transformations","provider":"Cedar Leaf Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}