{"product_id":"poetry-field-guide-to-berkeley-paperback-1","title":"Poetry Field Guide to Berkeley - 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\u003eJoyce Jenkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard Silberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Field Guide to Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e explores the emotions and experiences of a beloved controversial American city from a poetry perspective\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this very original anthology celebrating the poetics of place, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Field Guide to Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e gives the armchair traveler a true sense of what this famous place is all about. Like a traditional field guide, its chapters range from poems written about the historic University of California campus to lively Telegraph Avenue to the nature-filled Berkeley Hills to West Berkeley by the San Francisco Bay, among other connected neighborhoods. Contributing poets including US Poet Laureate emeritus Robert Hass, California Poet Laureate emeritus Al Young, Czeslaw Milosz, Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Alta, Maw Shein Win, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Ayodele Nzinga, John Oliver Simon, and many more. With poems about its bookstores including Cody's and Moe's, cafes, its farmer's market, among other topics, this inspiring volume is a love letter for every reader, no matter where they call home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Jenkins\u003c\/b\u003e is editor and publisher of \u003cem\u003ePoetry Flash\u003c\/em\u003e. She is author of \u003cem\u003ePortal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJoy Road, \u003c\/em\u003e and her poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003eParthenon West Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmbush Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAddison Street Anthology: Berkeley's Poetry Walk\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Place That Inhabits Us: Poems of the San Francisco Watershed\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. She has received the American Book Award, PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Lifetime Achievement Award, National Poetry Association's Distinguished Service to Poets \u0026amp; Poetry Award, and the Berkeley Poetry Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives in Berkeley, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Silberg\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, critic, translator, and Associate Editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry Flash\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry book, \u003ci\u003eDeconstruction of the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, received the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Award. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReading the Sphere: A Geography of Contemporary American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Horses: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as essays and several translations, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Three Way Tavern\u003c\/i\u003e by South Korean poet Ko Un, which won a Northern California Book Award. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, Volt, Parthenon West Review, ZYZZYVA, Eleven Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew American Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other journals. He lives in Berkeley, California.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353645662457,"sku":"9781945665455","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/6jbcSiBYcH9781945665455_52b41daa-edf1-421c-946d-e4538991489b.webp?v=1769825556","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/poetry-field-guide-to-berkeley-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}