{"product_id":"returning-the-sword-to-the-stone-9781734456639","title":"Returning the Sword to the Stone","description":"The followup to his beloved debut collection Beauty Was the Case that They Gave Me, Mark Leidner's Returning the Sword to the Stone is simultaneously profound and irreverent, in the same way that the world is flat as we walk and round as we live. \"A child surprised that a neon sign \/ isn't hot the first time they touch one \/ knows how it feels as an adult to achieve one's goals\" states the speaker of \"Youth Is A Fugitive\" and this sentiment is one of the central precepts of Returning the Sword to the Stone. Congealing directly off the page, these are poems that only Mark Leidner could have written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeidner, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mark Leidner is the author of two feature films: the sci-fi noir \u003cem\u003eEmpathy, Inc.\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and the relationship comedy \u003cem\u003eJammed\u003c\/em\u003e (2014). He is also the author of RETURNING THE SWORD TO THE STONE (Fonograf Editions, 2021), the story collection \u003cem\u003eUnder the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e (Tyrant Books, 2018), the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eBeauty Was the Case that They Gave Me\u003c\/em\u003e (Factory Hollow, 2011), and the book of aphorisms THE ANGEL IN THE DREAM OF OUR HANGOVER (Sator Press, 2011).","brand":"Fonograf Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670297645330,"sku":"9781734456639","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ade521f-633d-47f5-9300-55c0a1d86cea.jpg?v=1733775701","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/returning-the-sword-to-the-stone-9781734456639","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}