{"product_id":"field-notes-from-the-flood-zone-9781950774579","title":"Field Notes from the Flood Zone","description":"\u003cli\u003eHeather Sellers has appeared widely in the media for her nonfiction writing, in particular for her memoir \u003ci\u003eYou Don't Look Like Anyone I Know\u003c\/i\u003e, which describes her family history with mental illness and her diagnosis of prosopagnosia (face-blindness) in her late 20s. She has appeared on \u003ci\u003eDateline, Dick Gordon's The Story, Good Morning America, \u003c\/i\u003e NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered, Rachel Ray, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Today Show\u003c\/i\u003e as well as local radio and television programs in New York City and Tampa Bay, Florida.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eStrong regional appeal in the South, with particular appeal in Florida and other cities along the Gulf Coast.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAlong with shifts in the natural landscape, Sellers's poems chronicle the shifts in her community as thousands of people move to Florida-\"That's a whole Pittsburg dropped here on this fragile, slender peninsula each year,\" she notes. \"I'm as interested in the behavior of the humans around me as I am in the clouds, reptiles, and vines.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublication will coincide with Earth Day 2022.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather Sellers is the author of four poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eField Notes from the Flood Zone\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA, 2022); \u003ci\u003eThe Present State of the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e (Lynx House Press, 2021); \u003ci\u003eThe Boys I Borrow\u003c\/i\u003e (New Issues Press, 2007), which was a finalist for the James Laughlin Award; and \u003ci\u003eDrinking Girls and Their Dresses\u003c\/i\u003e (Ahsahta Press, 2002). She is also the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eYou Don't Look Like Anyone I Know\u003c\/i\u003e (Riverhead, 2011), which was an \u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Month Club Choice and an Editor's Choice at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the craft book \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Creative Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (Macmillan St. Martins Bedford, 2021), now in its fourth edition. Her writing has been featured in numerous publications and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays, Creative Nonfiction, Good Housekeeping, The New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, Reader's Digest, The Sun, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a residency at The MacDowell Colony. She teaches poetry and nonfiction in the MFA program at the University of South Florida. A native Floridian, she divides her time between St. Petersburg, Florida, and Manhattan. For more information about Heather Sellers, visit heathersellers.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922788585746,"sku":"9781950774579","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9bf041c4-4991-475d-91e1-e44674e40e73.jpg?v=1738939788","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/field-notes-from-the-flood-zone-9781950774579","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}