{"product_id":"the-empty-form-goes-all-the-way-to-heaven-paperback","title":"The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Teare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely reissue, the typographical experiments of \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e make visible the hidden experience of chronic pain and illness. During uninsured and ineffectual medicalization, Teare turns to the work of writer and abstract artist Agnes Martin, which offers both counsel and consolation when diagnosis fails. Harnessing the power of the grid intrinsic in the typeset page, the resulting poems balance language and silence in visual fields that give shape to somatic knowledge. Rejecting bad care and the false promise of cure, this book reimagines what healing looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes a new interview with the author by the poet and scholar Declan Gould!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2020 Guggenheim Fellow, Brian Teare is the author of six critically acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003eCompanion Grasses\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eDoomstead Days\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle, Kingsley Tufts, and Lambda Literary Awards. His honors include the Four Quartets Prize, Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle Awards, and fellowships from the NEA, the Pew Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, and the MacDowell Colony. After over a decade of teaching and writing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and eight years in Philadelphia, he's now an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, and lives in Charlottesville, where he makes books by hand for his micropress, Albion Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.4 x 7.9 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":51766279799072,"sku":"9781643621593","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cc1c47f178d67cd47a9aa941fdfc7dd0.webp?v=1780289117","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-empty-form-goes-all-the-way-to-heaven-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}