{"product_id":"dolcnt","title":"Dolce Vita\/Let There Be a Little Light, by Nicole Tallman","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 44 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDolce Vita\/Let There Be a Little Light\u003c\/em\u003e is an experimental flip chapbook exploring the contrast between reality and dreamscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eInspired by the autofiction of Tove Ditlevsen, Marguerite Duras, and Marcel Proust, and the poetry of Richie Hofmann, Jean-Baptiste Pedini, and Diane Seuss, \u003cem\u003eDolce Vita\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate lyrical diary, revealing 15-line flashes of queer life over the course of a year and centering on digital dependency, despondency, and dying desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eInspired by Sylvia Plath and written in the early-morning hours she described as “blue,” \u003cem\u003eLet There Be a Little Light\u003c\/em\u003e reveals surreal 10-line flashes of the speaker's daily transition from dark to light, from dream back to reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003ePraise for Nicole Tallman:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e“Nicole Tallman is a poet looking for the truth.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e—Alex Dimitrov, Author of \u003cem\u003eEcstasy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e“Nicole Tallman writes poems for everyone and everything.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e—Adrian Dallas Frandle, Author of \u003cem\u003eBook of Extraction\u003c\/em\u003e“\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eNicole Tallman’s poems highlight the beauty and heartbreak we live through.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e—Jared Beloff, Author of \u003cem\u003eWho Will Cradle Your Head\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e“Nicole Tallman understands that the great labor is to go into the mysteries, to let them do their work, to let them shake us until we are truly here.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e—Joseph Fasano, Author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Song of the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e“Nicole Tallman has found a way to connect us all.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e—Maureen Seaton, Author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sky Is an Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eNicole Tallman lives in Miami, where she serves as the official Poetry Ambassador. She is the author of four poetry books and a collaborative novel. Find her on social media @natallman and at nicoletallman.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicole Tallman","offers":[{"title":"Print Chapbook","offer_id":50181574951227,"sku":"DOLCNT","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50181574983995,"sku":"DOLCNTe","price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/d-l2front.png?v=1743810098","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/dolcnt","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}