{"product_id":"bright-raft-in-the-afterweather-poems-volume-82-paperback","title":"Bright Raft in the Afterweather: Poems Volume 82 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Elise Foerster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her dazzling new book, Jennifer Elise Foerster announces a frightening new truth: \"the continent is dismantling.\" \u003ci\u003eBright Raft in the Afterweather\u003c\/i\u003e travels the spheres of the past, present, future, and eternal time, exploring the fault lines that signal the break of humanity's consciousness from the earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring recurring characters, settings, and motifs from her previous book, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Tulsa\u003c\/i\u003e, Foerster takes the reader on a solitary journey to the edges of the continents of mind and time to discover what makes us human. Along the way, the author surveys the intersection between natural landscapes and the urban world, baring parallels to the conflicts between Native American peoples and Western colonizers, and considering how imagination and representation can both destroy and remake our worlds. \u003cbr\u003e Foerster's captivating language and evocative imagery immerse the reader in a narrative of disorientation and reintegration. Each poem blends Foerster's refined use of language with a mythic and environmental lyricism as she explores themes of destruction, spirituality, loss, and remembrance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a world wrought with ecological imbalance and grief, Foerster shows how from the devastated land of our alienation there is potential to reconnect to our origins and redefine the terms by which we inhabit humanity and the earth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Elise Foerster is an alumna of the Institute of American Indian Arts, received her MFA in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and is a PhD candidate in English and Creative Writing at the University of Denver. Foerster is the recipient of a 2017 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University. A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, Foerster is the author of one previous book of poems, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Tulsa\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757828047136,"sku":"9780816537334","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d5b99397a3b5e2e95e9309a3873925d3.webp?v=1780112718","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bright-raft-in-the-afterweather-poems-volume-82-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}