{"product_id":"the-mountains-of-kong-new-and-selected-prose-poems-9781998336074","title":"The Mountains of Kong: New and Selected Prose Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSplendid and surprising prose poems from one of Norway's most imaginative poets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sixty-one prose poems collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Mountains of Kong\u003c\/i\u003e find magic in the little absurdities of everyday life and are populated by an unpredictable cast that includes kings and codfish and elephants, a couple looking for a surrogate for their tears, and a lemming on the run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented here in both English translations and their original Nynorsk, and with an introduction by acclaimed poet Stuart Ross, Straumsv?g's poems are a new kind of map that will deliver you to places you've never imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDag T. Straumsv?g\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1964 in Kristiansund, a city on the western coast of Norway, and grew up in the nearby Tingvoll county. He has been employed as a farmhand, sawmill worker, librarian, and sound engineer for a radio station in Trondheim, where he has lived since 1984. He is the author and translator of nine books and chap of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eA Bumpy Ride to the Slaughterhouse\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eThe Lure-Maker from Posio\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), both from Red Dragonfly Press, \u003ci\u003eNelson\u003c\/i\u003e (Proper Tales Press, 2017), and \u003ci\u003eBut in the Stillness\u003c\/i\u003e (Apt. 9, 2024). His work has appeared in a wide variety of journals in Norway, Canada, and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Red Wing, Minnesota, \u003cb\u003eRobert Hedin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author, translator, and editor of two dozen books of poetry. The recipient of many honours and awards for his work, he has taught at the University of Alaska, the University of Minnesota, St. Olaf College, and Wake Forest University. He is co-founder and former executive director of the Anderson Center at Tower View, a residential artist retreat in Red Wing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStuart Ross\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of over 20 books of fiction, \u003cbr\u003epoetry, and personal essays, as well as scores of chapbooks. His most \u003cbr\u003erecent books are the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eThe Sky Is a Sky in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, the memoir \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Grief and Hamburgers\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the 2023 Trillium Book Award), and the short story collection \u003cem\u003eI Am Claude Fran?ois and You Are a Bathtub\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Stuart won the 2019 Harbourfront Festival Prize, the 2017 Canadian \u003cbr\u003eJewish Literary Award for Poetry, and the 2010 Relit Award for Short \u003cbr\u003eFiction. Since 1979, Stuart has run a micropress called Proper Tales. He\u003cbr\u003e lives in the tiny town of Cobourg, Canada, on the north shore of Lake \u003cbr\u003eOntario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Assembly Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51199419613458,"sku":"9781998336074","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e7f2b07-e673-43ae-a27c-405f59a6a981.jpg?v=1744876584","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mountains-of-kong-new-and-selected-prose-poems-9781998336074","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}