{"product_id":"on-the-planet-without-visa-selected-poetry-and-other-writings-ad-1960-2012-paperback","title":"On the Planet Without Visa: Selected Poetry and Other Writings, AD 1960-2012 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSotère Torregian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBill Berkson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of our most radically original poets. --Anne Waldman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSot re Torregian, an American poet of Ethiopian, Arabic, Greek, Armenian, and Moorish ancestry, approaches the world with an open-armed embrace of distant and diverse phenomena. His surreal lyricism infuses observations of politics, popular culture, and the everyday with generosity, absurdity, and a spirit of adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Newark, New Jersey, \u003cb\u003eSot re Torregian\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at the Free University of New York, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University, where he helped establish the Afro-American studies program in 1969. He teaches at the University of the Pacific and resides in Stockton, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Newark, New Jersey, \u003cb\u003eSotère Torregian\u003c\/b\u003e is an American poet of Ethiopian, Arabic, Greek, Armenian, and Moorish ancestry. After attending Rutgers University, he taught at the Free University of New York, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University, where he helped establish the Afro-American studies program in 1969. In the mid-1960s he was associated with the New York School of poets. At that time he proposed a kind of American \"orthodox Surrealism,\" based on \"reinterpretations of surrealist stands on Revolutionary perspectives in art, poetry, and theology.\" He currently teaches at the University of the Pacific and resides in Stockton, California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 269\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771490435360,"sku":"9781566893015","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4f77228bccb4dcad54271fbb08e52e4d.webp?v=1780387502","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-the-planet-without-visa-selected-poetry-and-other-writings-ad-1960-2012-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}