{"product_id":"a-gray-realm-the-ocean-paperback","title":"A Gray Realm the Ocean - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatricia Spears Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Jennifer Atkinson's \u003ci\u003eA Gray Realm the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e were all written under the influence of art-specifically twenty-and twenty-first-century abstract visual art. All the art referenced in the poems was done by women. Although many of these painters, sculptors, performance artists, ceramicists, and fabric artists have earned international reputations, albeit late in their lives or even after their deaths, most have only recently been given the notice and gallery space they deserve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComposed in response to the artists' multiplicity of forms, styles, modes, and moods, the poems are variously experimental. Drunk on color and language, line and lines, they don't so much describe the art as revel in it. No patriarchal anxiety here--the poet actively seeks to join in conversation with the artists, listening closely and seeking their influence. She ponders, interrogates, and celebrates the work, taking each artist on her own term--respecting the achieved calm of Agnes Martin's \"Night Sea\" and the flare and smolder of Ana Mendieta's \"earth-body\" work, the lyric voluptuousness of Joan Mitchell and the intellectual geometries of Carmen Herrera, the arrested explosions of Cornelia Parker and Ruth Asawa's cool embodiments of shadow, the sun-drenched reveries of Emmi Whitehorse and Pat Steir's un-skied star falls. Yet \u003ci\u003eA Gray Realm the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e not only seeks to honor these artists--their work, their courage, and their curiosity. Taken together, the collection is also a meditation on looking--conscious, attentive looking--and the mysterious nature of abstraction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Atkinson (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJennifer Atkinson \u003c\/b\u003epublished five books of poetry before \u003ci\u003eA Gray Realm the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Thinking Eye\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Canticle of the Night Path\u003c\/i\u003e, both from Free Verse Editions\/ Parlor Press. She is recently retired from George Mason University, where she taught in the MFA and BFA programs in Poetry Writing. She lives in northern Virginia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Spears Jones (Foreword By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePatricia Spears Jones \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of five books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003ePainkiller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFemme du\u003cbr\u003eMonde\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Weather That Kills\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been featured in numerous anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eAngles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStarting Today: 100 Poems for Obama's First 100 Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She has taught at LaGuardia Community College and Queens College CCNY, Parsons, The New School, and the College of New Rochelle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707311788095,"sku":"9781531500894","price":25.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/87ed367bdca8eb8fc7101c9e54abe016.webp?v=1765043605","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-gray-realm-the-ocean-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}