{"product_id":"notes-from-the-passenger-9781643621722","title":"Notes from the Passenger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSonically vivid, as empire and climate fall into catastrophe, these poems open portals where the living and the dead find one another in new communication.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Shelley Memorial Award Winner Gillian Conoley, \u003ci\u003eNotes from the Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us how with increased gun violence, war, plague, white supremacy, we are no longer \"in control.\" We are no longer drivers; we are passengers--destination unknown. Arriving like missives from a bardic journey, these poems explore how system collapse has led to a new space-time continuum. As our perception\/projection of world shifts in the quotidian contemporary and historical--even ancient--time, these cinematic linguistically vibrant poems seek new order beyond division, within catastrophe and joy, written on the edge of being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGillian Conoley \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, editor, and translator. A long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Conoley is currently Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence at Sonoma State University where she edits VOLT.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647312400658,"sku":"9781643621722","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_362ecf5e-6fa1-417a-9698-e751025c661d.jpg?v=1733201432","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/notes-from-the-passenger-9781643621722","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}