{"product_id":"nothing-true-has-a-name-paperback-1","title":"Nothing True Has a Name - 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\u003eDjelloul Marbrook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese alchemical poems challenge our compulsion to categorize and pigeonhole. They inquire deeply into the passion for containment symbolized by classical Greek vessels. The poems seek to define the idea of ennobling elixirs. The image of galleys sailing on the winds and laden with Greek amphorae tied to each other by their necks haunts this collection. The poet concludes that names inevitably mislead us. He urges us to transcend them, not revel in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e. . . the energy of a young poet with\u003cbr\u003e the wisdom of long experience.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Edward Hirsch, Guggenheim Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDjelloul Marbrook was born in Algiers and grew up in New York. He served in the U.S. Navy and for many years was a newspaper reporter and editor (Providence Journal, Elmira Star-Gazette, Baltimore Sun, Winston-Salem Journal, Washington Star, among others). His awards include the Wick Poetry Prize (2007), the \u003cem\u003eLiteral Latt \u003c\/em\u003e fiction prize (2008), and the International Book Award in Poetry (2010). His poetry has been published in many journals, including \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Barrow Street\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTaos Poetry Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOrbis \u003c\/em\u003e(UK), \u003cem\u003eLe Zaporogue\u003c\/em\u003e (Denmark), \u003cem\u003eOberon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Same\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFledgling Rag\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoets Against the War\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePoemeleon\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York's mid-Hudson Valley with his wife Marilyn and maintains a lively presence on Facebook, Twitter and at djelloulmarbrook.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353578225913,"sku":"9781909849228","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1xWzVv6r8f9781909849228_86ecb5b9-463d-4972-81ec-7dbcfeda114b.webp?v=1769825243","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/nothing-true-has-a-name-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}