{"product_id":"the-orchestra-of-wind-chimes-paperback","title":"The Orchestra of Wind Chimes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Jacques\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful collection of poems draws on American and African- American experimental lyric traditions, pushing language and form to their limits. Geoffrey Jacques's poetry inspires deep thought, taking up themes of music, psychology, and literature. This work embodies the potential of poetry to forge new connections between aesthetic expression and the often onerous facts of human existence. Poems such as \"Still Life\" and \"Detour Ahead\" produce a juxtaposition of inspired poetic form and rich, complex realities of life, addressing topics of joy and love, race, class, politics, and the aesthetics of the everyday. With a contemporary and sophisticated tenor, Jacques lends his uniquely moving and provocative perspective to advancing discourse in these critical topics. For all of the social themes they address, these poems equally serve to investigate modes of producing poetry in general. \"Ars Poetica,\" \"The Problem of Speech Genres,\" \"The Subject of the Poem,\" and many others directly challenge traditional notions of form through intentional and intricate reflexive commentary. Through these poems, Jacques has achieved a balance between form and function, allowing readers to embark on a rhythmic journey of expression, language, and human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Jacques is a poet and critic whose work has been published internationally. His poetry has previously appeared in \u003ci\u003eCallaloo, Hambone, MiPoesias, Black Renaissance Noire, Fence, Miramar, Askew, O-Blek, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTidal Basin Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Long News in the Short Century\u003c\/i\u003e and in several anthologies including \u003ci\u003eAbandon Automobile: Detroit City Poetry 2001 \u003c\/i\u003e(Wayne State University Press, 2001) and \u003ci\u003eWhat I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America. Tuscaloosa\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published three books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eJust for a Thrill\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2005). His other works include \u003ci\u003eA Change in the Weather: Modernist Imagination, African American Imaginary\u003c\/i\u003e. A former MacDowell Colony fellow, Jacques is also a teacher and author of works about literature, culture, politics, film, and the visual arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757427884320,"sku":"9780814350386","price":25.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f759c9481d22ba60efcba414efd599b7.webp?v=1780102440","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-orchestra-of-wind-chimes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}