{"product_id":"rooms-for-the-dead-and-the-not-yet-9781949487350","title":"Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2024 Trio Award, \u003cem\u003eRooms for the Dead and the Not Yet \u003c\/em\u003eexplores landscapes of grief, desire, and identity. How does memory collapse time? In what ways do mourning and longing echo each other? What violence persists beneath narrative and aesthetic surfaces, upholding systems of belief and power? This debut poetry collection revolves around imagination as an act of resilience and rebellion. Blankenhorn's speaker communes with dead beloveds while buttering toast, petting dogs, kissing lovers, looking at art, holding hands with friends, and traversing cities and deserts. The beauty and comedy of daily life becomes a provocation into nonlinearity, sexuality, family history, and multiracial selfhood. Slipping between exterior and interior with an unflinching gaze, \u003cem\u003eRooms for the Dead and the Not Yet\u003c\/em\u003e invites us to embrace the impossible complexity of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rhoni Blankenhorn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trio House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949487350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2025 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlankenhorn, Rhoni:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Rhoni Blankenhorn is a Filipina American writer. Her debut, Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet, won the Trio Award and is forthcoming from Trio House Press in July 2025. A Saltonstall fellow, a Sewanee scholar, a Tin House Summer Workshop alum, and a Community of Writers alum, her work can be found or is forthcoming in Narrative, AAWW, Mercury Firs, Honey Literary, Couplet, Beloit, Copper Nickel, Adroit, and elsewhere.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Rhoni Blankenhorn \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47282770837661,"sku":"9781949487350","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b4f91cea-1b57-446e-80ea-e681426d8022.jpg?v=1759955561","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/rooms-for-the-dead-and-the-not-yet-9781949487350","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}