{"product_id":"absent-here-poems-9780822967286","title":"Absent Here: Poems","description":"Landscape and language drive the poems in \u003ci\u003eAbsent Here\u003c\/i\u003e, which explore loss, community, the changing environment, and whiteness of skin and scenery against the backdrop of the Alaskan North Slope of the author's youth. More than mere background, the land and water become characters in their own right, guiding syntactic forms and flowing reflections. Bret Shepard merges cultural experiences with meditative moments, ensuring that the voices and stories of this community are not lost to time, as so much has been already.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBret Shepard \u003c\/b\u003eis from the North Slope of Alaska. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePlace Where Presence Was\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Moon City Press Book Award, as well as two chapbooks, including \u003ci\u003eThe Territorial\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Midwest Chapbook Award from the \u003ci\u003eLaurel Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50888948908306,"sku":"9780822967286","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2ad01d1-c531-47fe-80ce-ad623b06b8e6.jpg?v=1738159224","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/absent-here-poems-9780822967286","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}