{"product_id":"recordings-of-dead-languages-9781966253150","title":"Recordings of Dead Languages","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to lose something? To lose someone? To lose a civilization? Through visceral imagery and powerful narrative, Chad Heltzel's \u003cem\u003eRecordings of Dead Languages\u003c\/em\u003e captures this essence of disappearing, and each poem in this book is a cabinet of curiosities. But along with small exotic objects, this collection contains whole species, extinct and newly discovered ones alike, photographic and phonographic technologies, everything from a drowned world remembered only in fossils to the delicate imprints left by those who have passed. Readers will be reminded of the personal and evocative poetry of Gregory Orr and the dreamlike fluidity of Michael Ondaatje's work, but Heltzel's mind is unlike any other. As long as our world is in jeopardy, it is necessary to have \u003cem\u003eRecordings of Dead Languages\u003c\/em\u003e as a companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeltzel, Chad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Chad Heltzel earned his M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Texas State University, and his Ph.D. in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His poems have been published in Faultline, Cream City Review, Fifth Wednesday, and Packingtown Review, among other journals. He currently lives and teaches in Denver, Colorado.","brand":"Match Factory Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603175670034,"sku":"9781966253150","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_115fbda7-dda8-4038-a118-348360d56d9b.jpg?v=1757427463","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/recordings-of-dead-languages-9781966253150","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}