{"product_id":"while-standing-in-line-for-death-paperback","title":"While Standing in Line for Death - 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\u003eCaconrad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom these rituals come notes; from those notes come poems; and from those poems comes not just a view into his process, but an entrance into another present. --\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter his boyfriend Earth's murder, CAConrad was looking for a (Soma)tic poetry ritual to overcome his depression. This new book of eighteen rituals and their resulting poems contains that success, along with other political actions and exercises that testify to poetry's ability to reconnect us and help put an end to our alienation from the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eunfastened\u003cbr\u003ein the backseat a\u003cbr\u003eportion of the music is\u003cbr\u003emucus flying into stillness\u003cbr\u003eat what point do we submit\u003cbr\u003eto the authority of flowers\u003cbr\u003eat what point after it enters\u003cbr\u003ethe mouth is it no longer in the\u003cbr\u003emouth but the throat the colon\u003cbr\u003emaking sumptuous death of the world\u003cbr\u003ethis is what crossing the line gains\u003cbr\u003eno need to pretend we\u003cbr\u003eare the people we\u003cbr\u003ewant to be in\u003cbr\u003ethe next life\u003cbr\u003ebone under\u003cbr\u003etongue drives\u003cbr\u003etaste of snow to metal...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAConrad\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eECODEVIANCE: (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness, A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frank\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several other books of poetry and essays. Most recently, he has co-edited \u003ci\u003eSupplication: Selected Poems of John Wieners\u003c\/i\u003e. A 2014 Lannan Fellow, a 2013 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2011 Pew Fellow, he also conducts workshops on (Soma)tic poetry and Ecopoetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAConrad is the author of \u003ci\u003eECODEVIANCE: (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2014), \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2012), and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frank\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2010\/Chax Press, 2009), as well as several other books of poetry and essays. Most recently, he has co-edited \u003ci\u003eSupplication: Selected Poems of John Wieners\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2015). A 2014 Lannan Fellow, a 2013 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2011 Pew Fellow, he also conducts workshops on (Soma)tic poetry and Ecopoetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.6 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47327308775673,"sku":"9781940696553","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MjB0dXhOZHJUcGhNSlhCRy9PTjdDUT09.webp?v=1769578288","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/while-standing-in-line-for-death-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}