{"product_id":"metamorphoses-city-lights-spotlight-no-22-paperback","title":"Metamorphoses: City Lights Spotlight No. 22 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvan Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Most Anticipated Poetry Books for Spring 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e springs from Ovid's epic poem to explore the slipperiness of identity, its propensity for change and transience. In poems that shift registers from travelogue to elegy, from nature documentary to a simple record of the realities of daily life, Evan Kennedy focuses on transformation, personal and collective, in an empire in decline, in a world transfigured by ecological upheaval.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a range of reference from Roman household Gods to San Francisco poetic titans to musical celebrities like Madonna and Bob Dylan, \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e confronts change as an inevitable molecular process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvan Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and bicyclist. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eI Am, Am I, to Trust the Joy That Joy Is No More or Less There Now Than Before \u003c\/i\u003e(Roof Books), \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Notebook \u003c\/i\u003e(O'clock Press), \u003ci\u003eThe Sissies\u003c\/i\u003e (Futurepoem), \u003ci\u003eTerra Firmament\u003c\/i\u003e (Krupskaya), \u003ci\u003eShoo-Ins to Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e (Gold Wake Press), and \u003ci\u003eUs Them Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Book*hug). He runs the occasional press, Dirty Swan Projects, and was born in Beacon, New York, in 1983. He lives in San Francisco, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 77\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170531217543,"sku":"9780872869004","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ca5a86aea13dc0a6f61cbb3ff814e79f.webp?v=1733348918","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/metamorphoses-city-lights-spotlight-no-22-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}