{"product_id":"the-marvelous-bones-of-time-excavations-and-explanations-paperback","title":"The Marvelous Bones of Time: Excavations and Explanations - 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\u003eBrenda Coultas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda Coultas unearths the eccentricities and tragedies that congregate along humanity's borders.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncorporating memoir, folktales, fact, and hearsay into two distinctly moving poems, this collection begins with \"The Abolition Journal,\" set near the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, and along the Kentucky border where \"looking from the free state \/ there is a river then a slave state.\" Here, Coultas delves into her personal history and uncovers a land still troubled by the specter of slavery. In \"A Lonely Cemetery,\" Coultas collects and investigates \"true\" tales of UFO sightings, poltergeists, legendary monsters, and eerie crematoriums, exploring the very nature of narrative truth through the lens of the ghost story.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Indiana native who has worked as a carny, a park ranger, a waitress in a disco ballroom, and the second woman welder in Firestone Steele's history, Brenda Coultas now lives in New York. Coultas was a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in 2005. Her poetry has been published in \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Handmade Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Marvelous Bones of Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326544548077,"sku":"9781566892049","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/4L3C6Q9Dkb9781566892049.webp?v=1784865143","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/the-marvelous-bones-of-time-excavations-and-explanations-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}