{"product_id":"the-under-hum-paperback","title":"The Under Hum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimone Muench\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJackie K. White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollaboration means creation. These poems expand from that natural cycle of visionary poetry, that invites more than one poet to get involved with the poems, until language itself becomes a complete process of imagination and meaning. The result is a book that shares a complex world with the reader and proves that true poetry does not leave anyone alone. -- Ray Gonzalez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimone Muench is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eLampblack \u0026amp; Ash\u003c\/i\u003e (Kathryn A. Morton Prize for Poetry and NYT Editor's Choice; Sarabande, 2005), \u003ci\u003eOrange Crush\u003c\/i\u003e (2010 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry; Sarabande, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eWolf Centos\u003c\/i\u003e (Sarabande, 2014). Her chapbook \u003ci\u003eTrace\u003c\/i\u003e won the Black River Chapbook Competition (Black Lawrence, 2014), and her collection, \u003ci\u003eSuture\u003c\/i\u003e, is a book of sonnets written with Dean Rader (Black Lawrence, 2017). She also co-edited the anthology \u003ci\u003eThey Said: A Multi- Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (Black Lawrence, 2018). Some of her honors include an NEA Poetry Fellowship, several Illinois Arts Council fellowships, the Marianne Moore Prize for Poetry, and residency fellowships to Yaddo, Artsmith, VCCA, and VSC. In 2014, she was awarded the Meier Foundation for the Arts Award that recognizes artists for innovation, achievements, and community contributions; and, in 2023, she received the Lewis University Career Scholarship Award granted \"to a faculty member for their lifetime achievement in scholarly activity.\" She received her PhD from the University of Illinois and is a professor of English at Lewis University where she teaches creative writing and film studies. Currently, she serves as faculty advisor for Jet Fuel Review, as poetry editor for JackLeg Press, as a senior poetry editor for Tupelo Quarterly, and creator of the HB Sunday Reading Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJackie K. White has has been an editor with RHINO, faculty advisor for Jet Fuel Review, and professor of English at Lewis University. She has published three previous chapbooks-\u003ci\u003eBestiary Charming\u003c\/i\u003e (Anabiosis), \u003ci\u003ePetal Tearing \u0026amp; Variations\u003c\/i\u003e (Finishing Line), and \u003ci\u003eCome clearing\u003c\/i\u003e (Dancing Girl)-along with numerous single- authored poems and translations in such journals as \u003ci\u003eACM\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBayou\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFifth Wednesday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFolio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuarter after Eight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpoon River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTupelo Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and online at \u003ci\u003eprosepoem.com\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eseven corners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eshadowbox\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003esuperstitionreview.com\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. An assistant editor for They Said: A Multi- Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing, her collaborative poems (with Simone Muench) have appeared in \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHypertext\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150580748423,"sku":"9781625570703","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7f0fada1499889760d250d1a7cbe13dc.webp?v=1733200655","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-under-hum-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}