{"product_id":"as-the-den-burns-poems-paperback","title":"As the Den Burns: Poems Volume 29 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eForrest Rapier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs the Den Burns\u003c\/i\u003e is a debut collection that renders a sublime world on the verge of vanishing. Elegiac and surreal, primal and lyrical, these unpredictable poems vault from Tallahassee vigils to flooded gardens after a hurricane's landfall. Reading this collection is like swimming into the ocean; you float weightless amid waves of resistance, then knots form in your gut because something unseen moves beneath you. Mythology and song collide in this stunning collection as unruly poems waver from lifeguard chairs and cathedrals to lamps in underwater caverns. Rapier's poetry could be spray painted beneath a beach pier; every stanza shifts rapidly without apology, the shape of the words like a signature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e FORREST RAPIER has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAsheville Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCold Mountain Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLevee\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRabid Oak\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. He has received fellowships from Looking Glass Falls, Sewanee Writers Conference, and has held writing residencies at the University of Virginia and Brevard College. He recently received his MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he now lives and hikes the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169086017671,"sku":"9781680032819","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bf8a1af5b0bcffe46c03f0d58f900bb4.webp?v=1733339118","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/as-the-den-burns-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}