{"product_id":"transcript-of-the-disappearance-exact-and-diminishing-poems-paperback","title":"Transcript of the Disappearance, Exact and Diminishing: Poems - 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\u003eLynn Emanuel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynn Emanuel's sixth collection of poetry is not sequential or straightforward. It has no conventional chronology, no master narrative. Instead, it is a life story, with all the chaos and messiness entailed therein. \u003ci\u003eTranscript of the Disappearance, Exact and Diminishing\u003c\/i\u003e is a commotion of grief and wit, audacious images, poems, and paragraphs. It explores and centers on the possibilities and limitations of art in the face of disappearances of many kinds, including the disappearance that is most personal--the poet's own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e--PLAGUE'S MONOLOGUE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI erased the world so nothing can find it, snuffed out the roses, red and hot \u003cbr\u003eas the snouts of bombs, repealed the polar ice cap, even that fat oxymoron, \u003cbr\u003ethe \"industrial park,\" has disappeared. And the last few words huddled \u003cbr\u003etogether, like bees in a hive buzzing and plotting? I cut their throats \u003cbr\u003ewith the scythe of a comma, turned the snout of my pen against them. \u003cbr\u003eI saved by erasing the streets and the people--let them be overgrown \u003cbr\u003ewith absence. I don't care--there is no limit to my appetite, my lust, \u003cbr\u003emy zeal for emptiness. But I know you--and you have kept a transcript\u003cbr\u003eof the disappearance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynn Emanuel\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eNoose and Hook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Hotel Fiesta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Dig\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Then, Suddenly\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Nerve of It\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Lenore Marshall Award from the Academy of American Poets. Her work has been collected numerous times in \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and included in \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been published and reviewed in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a judge for the National Book Awards and has taught at many venues including the Warren Wilson Program and the Bread Loaf Conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.6 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324253180141,"sku":"9780822967187","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/PdOo20pZFJ9780822967187.webp?v=1784826017","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/transcript-of-the-disappearance-exact-and-diminishing-poems-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}