{"product_id":"taste-a-book-of-small-bites-hardcover","title":"Taste: A Book of Small Bites - 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\u003eJehanne Dubrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaste \u003c\/i\u003eis a lyric meditation on one of our five senses, which we often take for granted. Structured as a series of \"small bites,\" the book considers the ways that we ingest the world, how we come to know ourselves and others through the daily act of tasting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough flavorful explorations of the sweet, the sour, the salty, the bitter, and umami, Jehanne Dubrow reflects on the nature of taste. In a series of short, interdisciplinary essays, she blends personal experience with analysis of poetry, fiction, music, and the visual arts, as well as religious and philosophical texts. Dubrow considers the science of taste and how taste transforms from a physical sensation into a metaphor for discernment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaste \u003c\/i\u003eis organized not so much as a linear dinner served in courses but as a meal consisting of meze, small plates of intensely flavored discourse.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJehanne Dubrow is a professor of creative writing at the University of North Texas. She is the author of nine poetry collections, including most recently \u003ci\u003eWild Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and a book of creative nonfiction, \u003ci\u003ethroughsmoke: an essay in notes\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). Her poems and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50405979619565,"sku":"9780231201742","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/taste-a-book-of-small-bites-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}