{"product_id":"active-gods-paperback","title":"Active Gods - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Henry Michael\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Henry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ACTIVE GODS, Michael J. Henry examines what it means to be both the parent and the son, and his poems reveal threads between these dual identities in small, specific moments: the shared experience of growing up, losing out, escaping, and then resolving to try again. With imagery that is both familiar and personal, ACTIVE GODS creates a world where memories bubble up to themselves known, however \"crudely made.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Henry is co-founder and Executive Director of Lighthouse Writers Workshop, an independent literary arts center located in downtown Denver. His poetry and nonfiction have appeared in places such as \u003ci\u003e5280 Magazine, Georgetown Review, Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRio Grande Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Over the years, he has received a Colorado Council on the Arts fellowship, and a PlatteForum fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe received an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, an undergraduate degree in English from University of Rochester, and currently teaches poetry and nonfiction writing at Lighthouse and University of Denver. A collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eNo Stranger Than My Own, \u003c\/i\u003e was published by Ghost Road Press in the fall of 2008 and reprinted in 2012 by Conundrum Press. In 2010 and 2012, a series of poems comprised a full-length ballet, \u003ci\u003eIntersection\u003c\/i\u003e, which was performed by Ballet Nouveau Colorado-now called Wonderbound. (They also made a film trailer for the performance.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727292960831,"sku":"9781938633447","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3763332d1da7a563124e1d3fa5e4ede4.webp?v=1765114257","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/active-gods-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}