{"product_id":"chrysopoeia-paperback","title":"Chrysopoeia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Stewart-Nunez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In his introductory essay to \u003ci\u003eLandscapes with Figures\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Root writes, \"The nonfiction of place includes literary works in which setting has such a presence in its impact upon characters or events or atmosphere that specific place is inextricable.\" Many of the essays in \u003ci\u003eChrysopoeia\u003c\/i\u003e express the sense of place. As the list of countries and regions traveled to in the writing of these essays demonstrates, being in those spaces is an important part of the narrative and meaning-making. The essays in \u003ci\u003eChrysopoeia\u003c\/i\u003e weave time and location to explore the tensions and opportunities of family and place. Readers will learn about calendar-keeping, a lost madonna, prayer trees, sculpture gardens, and enchanted cuisine. Readers will travel to Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, Ireland's Cliff of Moher, Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park, and the American Midwest. And yet each piece is its own crucible of transformation where the narrator thinks through language and place to make meaning from changing relationships: miscarriage, birth, death, union, divorce. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHRISTINE STEWART-NUNEZ is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Poet \u0026amp; The Architect, Untrussed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBluewords Greening, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the 2018 Whirling Prize. She served as South Dakota poet laureate in from 2019-2021. She's written several award-winning essays and co-edited two books that feature both literary and scholarly contributions on their subject matter: \u003ci\u003eScholars and Poets Talk About Queens\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Action, Influence, Voice: Contemporary South Dakota Women.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118428491911,"sku":"9781622889303","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1f8e12196096e244722582d149807f67.webp?v=1732533269","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/chrysopoeia-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}