{"product_id":"painting-the-cats-vision-paperback","title":"Painting the Cat's Vision - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Elizabeth Rogoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003ePainting the Cat's Vision\u003c\/em\u003e, by Alice Elizabeth Rogoff, cover a lot of territory in time and space--from 1930's San Francisco to present-day Hungary and Ireland. They also cover a wide range of contemporary and historical social and political issues--from the fight for autonomy in Northern Ireland to the working conditions of women in the garment industry, from the bombing of Hiroshima to the plight of current immigrants in the U.S.A. What makes these poems special is the search for fresh perspectives--'I try for the spirals of the \/ Eye, the teetering, the \/ Search for balance'--and they give us new views of the world we share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Elizabeth Rogoff 's poetry book \u003cem\u003eMural \u003c\/em\u003ewon a Blue Light Book Award in 2004. Another poetry book, \u003cem\u003eBarge Wood, \u003c\/em\u003e was published by CC.Marimbo in 2012. She has been published in the anthologies \u003cem\u003eRiver of Earth and Sky \u003c\/em\u003e(Blue Light Press)\u003cem\u003e, It's All Good \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Your Golden Sun Still Shines \u003c\/em\u003e(Manic D Press)\u003cem\u003e, Walking Through a River of Fire: One Hundred Years of Triangle Fire Factory Poems, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePoets 11. \u003c\/em\u003eHer poetry has been published in many literary magazines including \u003cem\u003eBorderlands \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGyst.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eShe received a Cultural Equity grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission for a poetry project about San Francisco women labor organizers. Her short stories are on the online magazines \u003cem\u003eCaveat Lector\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSo To Speak\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2018, she was a finalist in the Dora and Alexander Raynes Poetry Competition by \u003cem\u003eJewish Currents\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally from New York State, she has been living in San Francisco since 1971. She has a degree in Anthropology from Grinnell College, MAs in English: Concentration Creative Writing and Drama from San Francisco State University, and a Certificate in Labor Studies from City College, San Francisco. She is a Co-editor of the \u003cem\u003eHaight Ashbury Literary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. Alice reads her poetry at Bird and Beckett Bookstore, and in the San Francisco Public Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119251624071,"sku":"9781421838137","price":22.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/02449a1f5dde8735ce54d3bb0cbc3117.webp?v=1732539875","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/painting-the-cats-vision-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}