{"product_id":"the-sky-contains-the-plans-9781950268047","title":"The Sky Contains the Plans","description":"Matthew Rohrer's latest collection explores the space between wakefulness and sleep, that drowsy loosening of consciousness called hypnagogia. Comprised not of dream-poems but poems that strain to hear dreams' faintest messages squeaked through into waking life, \u003cem\u003eThe Sky Contains the Plans \u003c\/em\u003elays bare an imagination in which the mundane and surreal contort each other into a new kind of primordial reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Rohrer\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Others\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2017, winner of the Believer Book Award), \u003cem\u003eSurrounded by Friends\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2015), \u003cem\u003eDestroyer and Preserver\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2011), \u003cem\u003eA Plate of Chicken\u003c\/em\u003e (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009), \u003cem\u003eRise Up\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2007) and \u003cem\u003eA Green Light\u003c\/em\u003e (Verse Press, 2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eSatellite\u003c\/em\u003e (Verse Press, 2001), and co-author, with Joshua Beckman, of \u003cem\u003eNice Hat. Thanks.\u003c\/em\u003e (Verse Press, 2002) and the audio CD \u003cem\u003eAdventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e. He has appeared on NPR's \u003cem\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Next Big Thing\u003c\/em\u003e. His first book, \u003cem\u003eA Hummock in the Malookas\u003c\/em\u003e, was selected for the National Poetry Series by Mary Oliver in 1994. He lives in Brooklyn and teaches at NYU.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50366685151506,"sku":"9781950268047","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c24ce571-caff-483a-a386-94e1498fa228.jpg?v=1728476113","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sky-contains-the-plans-9781950268047","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}