{"product_id":"the-epic-of-gilgamesh-9781609807931","title":"The Epic of Gilgamesh","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKENT H. DIXON\u003c\/b\u003e is primarily a prose writer, but has published in all genres. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals. Recent translations include Mallarmé's \u003ci\u003eL'après-midi d'un faune\u003c\/i\u003e and Rilke's \"Leichen-Wäsche,\" Sappho and Baudelaire in \u003ci\u003eTransference\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ehibakusha\u003c\/i\u003e (A-bomb survivor poetry) in \u003ci\u003eLuna: A Journal of Poetry and Translation\u003c\/i\u003e. With his artist son Kevin, he created the opening graphic novel excerpt of \u003ci\u003eThe Epic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e in editor Russ Kick's 2012 three-volume anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Graphic Canon\u003c\/i\u003e. Kent was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. from University of Iowa--the Writers' Workshop. Until retiring in 2013, he taught creative writing and literature at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, where he lives with his writer wife and continues to teach whitewater kayaking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKEVIN H. DIXON \u003c\/b\u003eis known for the autobiographical series ...\u003ci\u003eAnd Then There Was Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, \"...true stories about playing in a crappy loser band.\" With collaborator Eric Knisley, he produced \u003ci\u003eMickey Death and the Winds of Impotence\u003c\/i\u003e, for which they won a Xeric Award. Kevin has done cover art for small presses in Chapel Hill NC; run comic series in local newspapers; hosted 'underground' talk radio shows; and contributed the cover to the first volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Graphic Canon\u003c\/i\u003e, an Oliver Twist for the second volume, and a Brothers Grimm tale for \u003ci\u003eThe Graphic Canon of Children's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. Kevin lives in Chapel Hill with his wife and their three cats.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197059002642,"sku":"9781609807931","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5929a01-8a68-4c75-9572-0b547d359119.jpg?v=1776162173","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-epic-of-gilgamesh-9781609807931","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}