{"product_id":"sign-breath-9798990767812","title":"Sign \u0026 Breath","description":"\u003ci\u003eSign \u0026amp; Breath\u003c\/i\u003e is a new critical anthology that takes a different approach to exploring these questions: What is poetry? What defines voice? Featuring a range of contemporary artists, many of whom work across different mediums and genres, \u003ci\u003eSign \u0026amp; Breath\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the reader to one page that sings in any genre - prose, fiction, poetry, spoken word, hybrid forms, and song - across diverse traditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than define poetry as a genre with conventions, traditions, codes, and modalities, this book features poetry as a faculty that thrums in all written and spoken art. Readers are introduced to a text followed by a discussion with the author about creating the piece, ties to creative lineage, and the definition of voice through their practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This anthology contributes to the dialogue among genres which will reframe the understanding of poetry as an aesthetic experience of language. With one page that sings in any genre, \u003ci\u003eSign \u0026amp; Breath\u003c\/i\u003e presents a new, inclusive perspective on poetry while two questions remain: Do we have a clearer understanding of what defines poetry? Do we have a clearer understanding of voice?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShanta Lee is an award-winning artist, writer across genres, author, and public intellectual actively participating in the cultural discourse with work that has been widely featured. Winner of the Abel Meeropol Social Justice award and a 2024 National Arts Strategies Creative Community Fellow (New England), \"Hallowed Hunted Body\" is included in, \u003ci\u003eThis Is How They Teach You How to Want It...The Slaughter: A Field Guide for the Hunted \u0026amp; the Hunter, The Dead-Alive, The Live-Dead Ones, The...\u003c\/i\u003e(Harbor Editions, 2024). Philip Brady's newest book is \u003ci\u003eThe Elsewhere: Poems \u0026amp; Poetics \u003c\/i\u003e(Broadstone, 2021). He is the author of two essay collections, \u003ci\u003ePhantom Signs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBy Heart\u003c\/i\u003e from the University of Tennessee Press; a book-length poem, \u003ci\u003eTo Banquet with the Ethiopians, \u003c\/i\u003e a memoir, \u003ci\u003eTo Prove My Blood, \u003c\/i\u003e and three previous books of poetry. He has edited a critical book on James Joyce and two anthologies of contemporary poetry.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Etruscan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603149652242,"sku":"9798990767812","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68bbda34-e6c6-4a22-bd68-870e28643a3b.jpg?v=1757426354","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sign-breath-9798990767812","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}