{"product_id":"toward-antarctica-9781597098861","title":"Toward Antarctica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Selected as a Top 10 Must-Read Book About Antarctica by the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoet-naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield's fourth collection, \u003cem\u003eToward Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e, documents and queries her work as a guide on ships in Antarctica, offering an incisive insider's vision that challenges traditional tropes of The Last Continent. Inspired by haibun, a stylistic form of Japanese poetry invented by 17th-century poet, Matsuo Bashō to chronicle his journeys in remote Japan, Bradfield uses photographs, compressed prose, and short poems to examine our relationship to remoteness, discovery, expertise, awe, labor, temporary societies, \"pure\" landscapes, and tourism's service economy. Antarctica was the focus of Bradfield's \u003cem\u003eApproaching Ice\u003c\/em\u003e, written before she had set foot on the continent; now \u003cem\u003eToward Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e furthers her investigation with boots on the ground. A complicated love letter, \u003cem\u003eToward Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e offers a unique view of one of the world's most iconic wild places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradfield, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWriter\/naturalist \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Bradfield\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eOnce Removed, Approaching Ice, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eInterpretive Work, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eToward Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e. Her poems and essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, West Branch, Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, Orion\u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e Winner of the \u003cem\u003eAudre Lorde Prize\u003c\/em\u003e from the Publishing Triangle, finalist for a \u003cem\u003eLambda Literary Award\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eJames Laughlin Award\u003c\/em\u003e from the Academy of American Poets, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eher awards also include a \u003cem\u003eStegner Fellowship\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eBread Loaf Scholarship\u003c\/em\u003e, and a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Bradfield grew up in Tacoma, Washington, attended the University of Oregon, graduated from the University of Washington, and received her MFA from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Founder and editor-in-chief of Broadsided Press and a contributing editor at the \u003cem\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, she lives on Cape Cod with her partner, works as a naturalist\/guide locally as well as on expedition ships around the globe, and is Associate Professor and co-director of creative writing at Brandeis University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewww.ebradfield.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boreal Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635210981650,"sku":"9781597098861","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46f17c6c-0b4e-49a0-b4db-79db620ac344.jpg?v=1732837891","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/toward-antarctica-9781597098861","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}