{"product_id":"apprentice-to-a-breathing-hand-paperback","title":"Apprentice to a Breathing Hand - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaynie Browne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry that considers how we live with constant shifts, positioning alchemy as an example of endless change.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poetry of Laynie Browne's \u003ci\u003eApprentice to a Breathing Hand\u003c\/i\u003e explores alchemy, connectivity, and perception. Throughout the collection, Browne considers the formation and limits of personhood, the experience of a body moving through time, and the imperative to continually learn and unlearn. Browne looks to alchemy as a practice for cultivating the impossible, positioning it as a fitting model for our current moment. In the material of language, meaning must be unmade and remade endlessly, and in this continual regeneration, Browne considers the alchemy of how a poem can in turn transform the poet. Moving through methods of making and unmaking, the collection centers on the figure of an apprentice working in a space of indeterminacy, lack, breath, and constant shifting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaynie Browne \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of seventeen collections of poems, three novels, and a book of short fiction. Her recent books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eIntaglio Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePractice Has No Sequel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLetters Inscribed in Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTranslation of the Lilies Back into Lists\u003c\/i\u003e. She coedited \u003ci\u003eI'll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing by Women \u003c\/i\u003eand edited \u003ci\u003eA Forest on Many Stems: Essays on The Poet's Novel\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e A Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew American Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRail\u003c\/i\u003e, and in anthologies including \u003ci\u003eThe Ecopoetry Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Reality Street Book of Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. Honors include a Pew Fellowship, the National Poetry Series Award, and the Contemporary Poetry Series Award. She teaches creative writing and coordinates the MOOC Modern Poetry at the University of Pennsylvania. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.98 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451321303289,"sku":"9781632431615","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/q-Ztwl0yCa9781632431615.webp?v=1772053450","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/apprentice-to-a-breathing-hand-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}