{"product_id":"eclogues-in-a-mustard-seed-garden-paperback","title":"Eclogues in a Mustard Seed Garden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGlenn Mott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A quiver of eclogues, couplets, Zen epigrams, and you-name-it literary mischief. The fun is all ours.\" -\u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Mott's whiplash insights are as provocative as coiled springs.\" --Douglas Crase\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Mott's lyrical antics embody poetry at its most earnest and parodic, a deadly potion stolen from the fountain of imagination.\" --Yunte Huang\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlenn Mott's Eclogues recast a classic pastoral form, making it uniquely suited to our times. He considers the inheritance of authority with a mixture of candor and humor in observations on social, natural, and metaphysical transactions. Inspired by China's Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, these epigrams, poems, and prose meditations achieve a heightened perception, transcending the garden variety truths of both East and West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlenn Mott\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, journalist, and editor. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eAnalects on a Chinese Screen\u003c\/em\u003e, a book of poetry set against China's rise to globalization. He has been the recipient of a Davis Fellowship for Peace from Middlebury College, and was a Fulbright Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing. His press, Polymorph Editions, focuses on translations of Asian writers. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769283510560,"sku":"9781885983855","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d825cd989f06900a6d19004ef49b0dd3.webp?v=1780345068","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/eclogues-in-a-mustard-seed-garden-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}