{"product_id":"caw-paperback","title":"Caw - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Waters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn passionate poems about sin, obsession, and mortality--an artist's infatuation with a doll, an interspecies relationship, an ex-lover whose presence lingers in recipes, ecclesiastical birds, and a sex toy holding a loved one's ashes--Waters delivers impeccably crafted narratives infused with his signature lyrical gestures. At the book's core is a sequence of twenty-five poems on aging, dementia, and caregiving, chiseled phrase by phrase toward unflinching and memorable closure. \u003ci\u003eCaw\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, intimate and moving addition to Waters's body of work and may be his most powerful collection yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Waters is the author of twelve previous books of poems \u0026amp; editor\/co-editor of six anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eContemporary American Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(Houghton Mifflin, 2006). His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Dean of Discipline \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018) \u003ci\u003eCelestial Joyride \u003c\/i\u003e(BOA Editions, 2016) \u0026amp; the anthologies \u003ci\u003eBorder Lines \u003c\/i\u003e(Knopf, 2020) \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eReel Verse \u003c\/i\u003e(Knopf, 2019). His book \u003ci\u003eDarling Vulgarity \u003c\/i\u003e(BOA, 2006) was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eParthenopi: New and Selected Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(BOA, 2006) was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including \u003ci\u003ePoetry, Paris Review, Yale Review, Kenyon Review, North American Review, Rolling Stone \u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has taught at Ohio University, Salisbury University (MD), Bucknell University (PA), Monmouth University (NJ) \u0026amp; The University of Athens (Greece). Widely traveled, he has spent time in numerous countries, including Romania, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Iraq, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Tobago, Czech Republic, Nicaragua, Turkey \u0026amp; Belize. A 2017 Guggenheim Fellow \u0026amp; 2007 Fulbright Fellow, recipient of five Pushcart Prizes, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts \u0026amp; NJ State Council on the Arts, \u0026amp; residency fellowships from Yaddo, MacDowell, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Tyrone Guthrie Centre (Ireland), St. James Cavaliere Centre (Malta) \u0026amp; Chateau de Lavigny (Switzerland), Waters lives without a cell phone in Ocean, NJ with poet \u0026amp; translator Mihaela Moscaliuc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692963729471,"sku":"9781950774128","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/26d14c886fd1fdb4ad94319fe6b1eaa1.webp?v=1764997257","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/caw-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}