{"product_id":"the-gaffer-paperback","title":"The Gaffer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCeleste Gainey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight is the preoccupation, vocation, and language of \u003ci\u003ethe GAFFER\u003c\/i\u003e, the debut collection of poems by Celeste Gainey, the first woman gaffer to be admitted to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the preeminent craft union in the motion picture industry. These poems vividly depict the gaffer's terrain from the set of Martin Scorsese's \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e, to Sidney Lumet's \u003ci\u003eDog Day Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wiz\u003c\/i\u003e, to a lighting session with Lucille Ball. In these poems is the quest for identity and synchronicity within the imagined and experimental realm of light and cinema, and the immutable physical world where notions of gender, sex, desire, and ambition are prescribed a priori. \u003ci\u003ethe GAFFER\u003c\/i\u003e deconstructs the idea of outsider as pioneer--then runs with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCeleste Gainey is the author the chapbook, \u003ci\u003eIn the land of speculation \u0026amp; seismography\u003c\/i\u003e (Seven Kitchens Press, 2011), runner-up for the 2010 Robin Becker Prize. Her poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eBLOOM\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e 5AM\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eColumbia Poetry Review.\u003c\/i\u003e Graduating with a BFA in Film \u0026amp; Television from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, as well as earning an MFA in Creative Writing\/Poetry from Carlow University, Gainey has spent over thirty-five years working with light--as a gaffer for motion pictures and as an architectural lighting designer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772787753248,"sku":"9780989036122","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/547150469ff4609f5a5ab997416b6454.webp?v=1780414303","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-gaffer-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}