{"product_id":"while-away-paperback","title":"While Away - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Rabas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLinzi Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrett Seaton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet Laureate of Kansas (2017-2019), \u003cstrong\u003eKevin Rabas\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches at Emporia State University, where he leads the poetry and playwriting tracks. He has sixteen books, including \u003cem\u003eLisa's Flying Electric Piano, \u003c\/em\u003ea Kansas Notable Book and Nelson Poetry Book Award winner. Rabas is the winner of the Langston Hughes Award for Poetry, the Victor Contoski Poetry Award, the Jerome Johanning Playwriting Award, and the Salina New Voice Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinzi Garcia\u003c\/strong\u003e can be found frolicking through fields, cemeteries, bookstores, and bars across the states. Her full-length poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eThank You\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 2018 by Spartan Press, and her chapbook about studying abroad in London, \u003cem\u003eLive a Great Story\u003c\/em\u003e (co-written with Jase Buck), was published by Analog Submission Press (2019). While getting her MA in English at Emporia State University, Linzi worked as the graduate assistant to Poet Laureate Emeritus of Kansas Kevin Rabas and as an editorial assistant with Bluestem Press and Flint Hills Review. Linzi now serves as the publicist at Meadowlark Press and the poetry editor for its imprint, Meadowlark Poetry Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrett Seton\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas. He graduated from Olathe West High School and now attends The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Brett previously started a now-defunct literary magazine called \u003cem\u003eAstra Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e which published Kevin Rabas's work alongside Rudy Francisco, Ted Kooser, and Huascar Medina. Brett has published poetry in the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Library of Poetry, Kansas Voices, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eElementia\u003c\/em\u003e. He is currently editing a second solo poetry manuscript. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42096699048071,"sku":"9781958182000","price":18.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a6056941fe651404bb09b979b6906ef0.webp?v=1732344266","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/while-away-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}