{"product_id":"a-duration-paperback","title":"A Duration - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Meier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the poem-essays that comprise \u003ci\u003eA Duration\u003c\/i\u003e, writing is a physical act where writing and lived experience support one another in bodies--animal, plant, mineral, and word bodies--that are injured and heal, that die and continue in new forms, playing new roles. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, in his fifth book, Richard Meier transmutes years of daily practices of attention--be it to a line spoken by Lear's Fool, a train to Kingston, or \"red inside green stem below eight white petals in a spiral with space between them attached to the yellow center\"--into mesmerizing trajectories through an always unfolding present. In the collapse of the border between writing and the body, \u003ci\u003eA Duration\u003c\/i\u003e, \"play[s] both hearts with a heartbeat and kinship of place, time, mundanity in the continuous onrushing imagined joy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Meier\u003c\/b\u003e's second book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eShelley Gave Jane a Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Wave Books in 2006. His first book, \u003ci\u003eTerrain Vague\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected by Tomaz Salamun for the Verse Prize and published by Verse Press in 2001. His book \u003ci\u003eIn the Pure Block of the Whole Imaginary\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Omnidawn in 2012. He is writer-in-residence at Carthage College and lives in Chicago, IL and Madison, WI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098514743520,"sku":"9781950268788","price":20.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/rIVTP1DOuS9781950268788.webp?v=1781694916","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/a-duration-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}