{"product_id":"smoke-hole-looking-to-the-wild-in-the-time-of-the-spyglass-hardcover","title":"Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass - Hardcover","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\u003eMartin Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A modern-day bard.\"--Madeline Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eCirce \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores.\"--John Densmore, The Doors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Through feral tales and poetic exegesis, Martin Shaw makes you re-see the world, as a place of adventure and of initiation, as perfect home and as perfectly other. What a gift.\"--David Keenan, author of \u003ci\u003eXstabeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I can still remember the first time I heard Martin Shaw tell a story. The tale that emerged was like a living thing, bounding around, throwing itself at us there listening. I had never heard anything like it before.\"--Paul Kingsnorth, Booker shortlisted author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, as we are confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives - identity, technology, love, seduction, politics - celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers \u003ci\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/i\u003e - three ancient myths that serve as metaphors for our world today. Assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a pandemic that brought loneliness to an all-time high, Martin argues that we are losing our sense of direction, our sense of self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe invites us to use these stories to help find 'a commons for the imagination, a place to breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture.' \u003ci\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate call to arms and an invitation to use these stories to face the complexities of contemporary life, from fake news to parenthood, climate crises, addictive technology and more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Martin Shaw is an acclaimed teacher of myth. Author of \u003ci\u003eBardskull\u003c\/i\u003e and the award-winning Mythteller trilogy (\u003ci\u003eA Branch from the Lightning Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSnowy Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScatterlings\u003c\/i\u003e), he founded the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University and is director of the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK.\u003cbr\u003eHe has introduced thousands of people to mythology and how it penetrates modern life. For twenty years Shaw has been a wilderness rites of passage guide, working with at-risk youth, those who are unwell and returning veterans as well as many women and men seeking a deeper life.\u003cbr\u003eHis translations of Gaelic poetry and folklore (with Tony Hoagland) have been published in \u003ci\u003eOrion \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and \u003ci\u003eMississippi Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Shaw's most recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Night Wages\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCinderbiter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWolf Milk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCourting the Wild Twin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll Those Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWolferland\u003c\/i\u003e and his Lorca translations, and \u003ci\u003eCourting the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e (with Stephan Harding).\u003cbr\u003eHis essay and conversation with Ai Weiwei on myth and migration was released by the Marciano Art Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334249681133,"sku":"9781645020950","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/pIlYi5R6rS9781645020950.webp?v=1785007547","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/smoke-hole-looking-to-the-wild-in-the-time-of-the-spyglass-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}