{"product_id":"clay-9781632431677","title":"Clay","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoetry that finds meaning and connection in the process of creating pottery from clay.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eClay\u003c\/i\u003e look to the process of forming clay on a potter's wheel to examine our sense of touch and texture, emptiness, fragility, and the nature of time. Martha Ronk moves through the steps of creating a pot that must be formed, dried, bisque-fired, glazed, and fired again. This practice is paralleled in Ronk's process-oriented language that addresses how we read texture and color, the ways history and landscapes appear in glazes, Mimbres bowls that covered the faces of the dead, and Giorgio Morandi's still life paintings of ceramic forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Ronk, pottery raises questions about the value of repetition, inevitable failure, and how we may become one with matter. As the potter's hands ache and age, the bowl seems to age as it slumps or breaks. \u003ci\u003eClay\u003c\/i\u003e includes observations from other potters and writers as well as small photographs of pots. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha Ronk\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of thirteen books of poetry, a memoir, and a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eGlass Grapes\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Place One Is\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Myth of Ariadne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSilences\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOcular Proof\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransfer of Qualities \u003c\/i\u003e(longlisted for the National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003ein a landscape of having to repeat\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been included in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eLyric Postmodernisms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Hybrid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNot for Mothers Only\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently in \u003ci\u003eNorth American Women Poets in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the emeritus Irma and Jay Price Professor of English at Occidental College in Los Angeles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Omnidawn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324576530706,"sku":"9781632431677","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_81359680-aa96-4b18-af31-e15e57e26b27.jpg?v=1748683236","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/clay-9781632431677","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}