{"product_id":"auscultate-9780913123478","title":"Auscultate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tree I don't\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003erecognize flutters with heart-shaped\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eleaves not shaped like actual hearts, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFirst Chamber\u003c\/em\u003e, Clayton Adam Clark crafts a poetic landscape where time bends, bodies bear history, and nature hums with quiet, insistent rhythms. Moving through the haunted corridors of memory, industry, and the elemental forces that shape our lives, these poems trace an intricate map of loss, resilience, and transformation. From the quiet tremors of a leap-second vigil to the spectral presence of a shuttered auto plant, Clark's work meditates on what lingers-beneath the skin, beneath the leaves, beneath the earth itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the Midwest but reaching beyond, \u003cem\u003eFirst Chamber\u003c\/em\u003e pulses with the weight of place and the urgency of movement. Whether capturing the reverberations of tornado sirens, the slow attrition of time, or the intimate architecture of the body, these poems ask how we hold onto what is fleeting. Clark's language is at once precise and expansive, a lyrical excavation of the seen and unseen, the personal and the collective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith selections previously appearing in \u003cem\u003eAsheville Poetry Review, The Los Angeles Review, The Greensboro Review, \u003c\/em\u003e and more, \u003cem\u003eFirst Chamber\u003c\/em\u003e establishes Clayton Adam Clark as a vital voice attuned to the echoes of the past and the tremors of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClark, Clayton Adam:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Clayton Adam Clark lives in St. Louis, his hometown, where he works as a mental health counselor in private practice alongside his spouse, Tina, and their therapy dog, Tank. His debut poetry collection, A Finitude of Skin, won the Moon City Poetry Award (Moon City Press, 2018). He earned the MFA in poetry at Ohio State University and a master's in clinical mental health counseling from University of Missouri-St. Louis.","brand":"Galileo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51259922252050,"sku":"9780913123478","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de32668e-21a4-4590-a40e-7177f0c68872.jpg?v=1746632465","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/auscultate-9780913123478","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}