{"product_id":"oems-volume-299-paperback","title":"Oems: Volume 299 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Tomkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eoems\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of thirty-six lipogrammatic poems composed entirely of flat words such as \"sunrise\" or \"unconsciousness,\" which contain no ascending or descending letters. Proceeding from the author's lived experience of OCD, the book leans into obsessive-compulsive tendencies, attempting to exorcise them through overuse. In the spirit of rumination, these poems repeatedly circle one nagging question: namely, the matter of what remains after language has been sifted and sorted, sandpapered and planed. In chasing the frisson of a polished stanza, oems performs a personal reckoning with the pleasures of fixation, the virtues of sublimation, and the costs of erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Tomkinson is a writer, composer, and doctoral candidate in Theatre STudies at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFor a Long Time\u003c\/i\u003e, a chapbook out with Frog Hollow Press, and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eArchaic Torso of Gumby\u003c\/i\u003e, an experimental short fiction collection out with Gordon Hill Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 7.8 x 4.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765747810592,"sku":"9781771837637","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b5fc5a2998eb0b53ca461b09dbdff54f.webp?v=1780278706","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/oems-volume-299-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}