{"product_id":"urban-tumbleweed-notes-from-a-tanka-diary-paperback","title":"Urban Tumbleweed: Notes from a Tanka Diary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarryette Mullen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Harryette Mullen is a magician of words, phrases, and songs . . . No voice in contemporary poetry is quite as original, cosmopolitan, witty, and tragic.\" --Susan Stewart, citation for the Academy of American Poets Fellowship\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUrban tumbleweed, some people call it, \u003cbr\u003ediscarded plastic bag we see in every city\u003cbr\u003eblown down the street with vagrant wind.\u003cbr\u003e --from \u003ci\u003eUrban Tumbleweed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban Tumbleweed\u003c\/i\u003e is the poet Harryette Mullen's exploration of spaces where the city and the natural world collide. Written out of a daily practice of walking, Mullen's stanzas adapt the traditional Japanese tanka, a poetic form suited for recording fleeting impressions, describing environmental transitions, and contemplating the human being's place in the natural world. But, as she writes in her preface, \"What is natural about being human? What to make of a city dweller taking a 'nature walk' in a public park while listening to a podcast with ear-bud headphones?\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarryette Mullen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eRecyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSleeping with the Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches in the English department and African American Studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 9.05 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771618230560,"sku":"9781555976569","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9d461e2879e5d9b8748b77838136af31.webp?v=1780389697","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/urban-tumbleweed-notes-from-a-tanka-diary-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}