{"product_id":"far-from-atlantis-poems-paperback","title":"Far from Atlantis: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaymond Luczak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFar from Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e, Raymond Luczak makes use of traditional poetic forms to tell the stories of two vastly different worlds: the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which often looks like an island on the map, and the fabled island of Atlantis. The poems in this collection are rooted in the natural world, with the power of water as a means for escaping the cruelty and tedium of an ableist society. While recounting his troubled childhood as the only deaf person in a large hearing family, Luczak aligns himself with mythological, monstrous, and superhuman beings who, like him, exist on the margins. The narratives invoked and the worlds created in these poems are both autoethnographic and speculative, and include figures lost to history like Lucy Frances Fitzhigh Hooe and Frances Peterson, along with 1970s pop culture icons like the Six Million Dollar Man and Wonder Woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Luczak\u003c\/b\u003e is the author and editor of over thirty books, including the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eChlorophyll\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLunafly, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eonce upon a twin, \u003c\/i\u003e which was selected as a Top Ten U.P. Notable Book of the Year for 2021. His prose titles include \u003ci\u003eA Quiet Foghorn: More Notes from a Deaf Gay Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom Heart into Art: Interviews with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Artists and Their Allies\u003c\/i\u003e, and the award-winning Deaf gay novel \u003ci\u003eMen with Their Hands\u003c\/i\u003e. Luczak's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. An inaugural Zoeglossia Poetry Fellow, he lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764980121888,"sku":"9781954622241","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d6742b552ed07b40db693859c9e855bc.webp?v=1780259355","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/far-from-atlantis-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}