{"product_id":"queer-nature-a-poetry-anthology-paperback","title":"Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn anthology of queer nature poetry spanning three centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This anthology amplifies and centers LGBTQIA+ voices and perspectives in a collection of contemporary nature poetry. Showcasing over two hundred queer writers from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eQueer Nature\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new context for and expands upon the canon of nature poetry while also offering new lenses through which to view queerness and the natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the introduction, editor Michael Walsh writes that the anthology is \"concerned with poems that speak to and about nature as the term is applied in everyday language to queer and trans bodies and identities . . . \u003ci\u003eQueer Nature\u003c\/i\u003e remains interested in elements, flora, fauna, habitats, homes, and natural forces--literary aspects of the work that allow queer and trans people to speak within their specific cultural and literary histories of the abnormal, the animal, the elemental, and the unnatural.\" The anthology features poets including Elizabeth Bishop, Richard Blanco, Kay Ryan, Jericho Brown, Allen Ginsberg, Natalie Diaz, and June Jordan, as well as emerging voices such as Jari Bradley, Alicia Mountain, Eric Tran, and Jim Whiteside. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of poetry books including \u003ci\u003eThe Dirt Riddles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCreep Love\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two chapbooks: \u003ci\u003eAdam Walking the Garden \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSleepwalks\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems and stories have appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Chattahoochee Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCimarron Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrab Orchard Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat River Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth Dakota Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Minneapolis and works as a curriculum administrator at the University of Minnesota. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766742712608,"sku":"9781637680384","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5691e2a6107ef6e55b1a95580eeb427d.webp?v=1780298007","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/queer-nature-a-poetry-anthology-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}