{"product_id":"why-dance-hardcover","title":"Why Dance? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. Nikolas Macioci\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eR. Nikolas Macioci earned a PhD from The Ohio State University, and for thirty years taught for the Columbus City Schools. In addition to English, he taught Drama and developed a Writers Seminar for select students. OCTELA, the Ohio Council of Teachers of English, named Nik Macioci the best secondary English teacher in the state of Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNik is the author of two chapbooks: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Cafes of Childhood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Greatest Hits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas well as eight other books: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Why Dance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Necessary Windows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Cafes of Childhood (original with additional poems)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Mother Goosed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Occasional Heaven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A Human Saloon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Rustle Rustle Thump Thump\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Rough. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics and judges called \u003cem\u003eCafes of Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e a \"beautifully harrowing account of child abuse,\" but not \"sentimental\" or \"self-pitying,\" an \"amazing book,\" and \"a single unified whole.\" \u003cem\u003eCafes of Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e was submitted for the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. In addition, more than two hundred of his poems have been published here and abroad in magazines and journals, including \u003cem\u003eThe Society of Classical Poets Journal, Chiron, Concho River Review, The Bombay Review, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Blue Unicorn.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe won First Place in the 1987 National Writers' Union Poetry Competition, judged by Denise Levertov, First Place in The Baudelaire Award Competition, sponsored by The World Order of Narrative and Formalist Poets (1989), Second Place in \u003cem\u003eZone 3\u003c\/em\u003e's first annual Rainmaker Awards, judged by Howard Nemerov (1989), and Second Place in the \u003cem\u003eWriter's Digest\u003c\/em\u003e annual competition, judged by Diane Wakoski (1991).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101170143367,"sku":"9781734946918","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d58f2efc387123eb2e222d2b8d932ad2.webp?v=1732391499","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/why-dance-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}