{"product_id":"protocols-an-erasure-9781961814233","title":"Protocols: An Erasure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn urgent, poetic exploration of power, memory, belief, and the dangers and possibilities of language. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROTOCOLS: An Erasure\u003c\/i\u003e transforms the world's most influential antisemitic document, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, into an erasure poem exploring essential questions of power, history, and language. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBy redacting words from the original document, Molnar created a book-length poem that breathes space and light into a text dense with hatred. She patiently uncovers the questions buried within the source text: What is the true nature of power, and how is it tied to a fear of the unknown? How can language, weaponized and eroded, also be a tool for healing? And how can silence help us reckon with history and shape the future? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanying the poem, a lyric essay excavates the poet's deep personal connection to the source text, weaving personal and collective history by traversing former concentration camps, immigrant communities in New York City, and remote desert wildernesses, and posing new possibilities for a less deterministic, more spacious and peaceful world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMolnar, Daniela Naomi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDaniela Naomi Molnar\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, artist, and writer who creates with color, water, language, and place. Her debut book, CHORUS, won the 2024 Staford\/Hall Oregon Book Award for Poetry and was selected by Kazim Ali as the winner of Omnidawn Press's 1st\/2nd Book Award. Her book-length poem \"Memory of a Larger Mind\" accompanies photographs by Julian Stettler in \u003ci\u003eThe Glacier Is a Being\u003c\/i\u003e (Sturm \u0026amp; Drang, 2023). Her work is anthologized in the forthcoming second volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Ecopoetry Anthology \u003c\/i\u003eand in \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Glass: A Contemporary Jewish Poetry Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e from the Laurel Review. Forthcoming books include: \u003ci\u003eMemory of a Larger Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (Omnidawn, 2028) and \u003ci\u003eLight \/ Remains\u003c\/i\u003e (Bored Wolves, 2026). Molnar lives in Portland, Oregon and in the high deserts of the North American West. www.danielamolnar.com \/ Instagram: @daniela_naomi_molnar","brand":"Ayin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424429441298,"sku":"9781961814233","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18d31edc-9a9a-418a-b44e-e897a45062ef.jpg?v=1751376765","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/protocols-an-erasure-9781961814233","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}