{"product_id":"marbles-on-the-floor-how-to-assemble-a-book-of-poems-9781629222547","title":"Marbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems\u003c\/em\u003e was conceived from a poetic dialogue on how to shed light on the art and science behind the material construction of a poetry collection, and to generate a conversation around an art form too-long hermetically obscured. This anthology of interconnected essays (craft, lyric, and critical) explores the art and technique of poetry manuscript assembly as articulated by poets in all stages of their careers. Stylistically innovative, the essays range in conception from lyrical meditations, close readings, extended metaphors (including bookshelf assembly, cooking, caring for one's mother, and bonsai trees), and an F.A.Q for writers seeking to ask the hard questions of their manuscripts, and themselves. Theorizing the poetry manuscript process through creative and aleatory means and celebrating the richness and depth of our poetic origins and legacies, this anthology, a primer in autopoiesis, is a timely, invaluable, and compact resource for creative writing teachers, as well as emerging and established poets honing their craft. Writers in other genres (fiction and non-) will also benefit from this widely applicable yet nuanced and craft-based discussion of how to bring a book into being from vital contemporary perspectives on the narrative and lyric traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Diane Seuss, Heather Treseler, Christopher Salerno, Annie Finch, Stephen Kampa, Alyse Knorr, Harvey Hix, Karyna McGlynn, Philip Metres, Kazim Ali, Cyrus Cassells, and Victoria Chang \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Konchan\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/em\u003e (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2022), \u003cem\u003eHallelujah Time\u003c\/em\u003e (Véhicule Press, 2021), \u003cem\u003eAny God Will Do\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe End of Spectacle\u003c\/em\u003e (Carnegie Mellon, 2020 and 2018), and a short story collection, \u003cem\u003eAnatomical Gift\u003c\/em\u003e (Noctuary Press, 2017). Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYale Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Boston \u003cem\u003eReview\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Giragosian\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eQueer Fish\u003c\/em\u003e, a winner of the American Poetry Journal Book Prize (Dream Horse Press, 2017) and \u003cem\u003eThe Death Spiral\u003c\/em\u003e (Black Lawrence Press, 2020). Sarah's writing has appeared in such journals as \u003cem\u003eOrion\u003c\/em\u003e, Ecotone, \u003cem\u003eThe Missouri Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. She teaches at the University at Albany-SUNY.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Akron Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50706177196306,"sku":"9781629222547","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee9458af-ca7c-4aa1-a3ff-5fa04473cc6a.jpg?v=1734489674","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/marbles-on-the-floor-how-to-assemble-a-book-of-poems-9781629222547","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}