{"product_id":"four-in-hand-paperback","title":"Four in Hand - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlicia Mountain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprised of four heroic crowns of sonnets, Alicia Mountain's \u003ci\u003eFour in Hand\u003c\/i\u003e is both formal and experimental, ranging from lyric romantic and familial narratives to blank verses of reconfigured found text pulled from financial newsletter emails. Language and white space equally captivate with their sparsity and abundance as Mountain pursues the implications of national political identity with intersectional awareness. These poems interrogate our collective complicity in late-stage capitalism, drone warfare, the election of Donald Trump, environmental degradation, mental health crises, and the dawn of Covid-19 through the lens of gay poetic lineage, regionalism, and familial kinships structures.\u003c\/p\u003eAs in all lived experiences, treacheries and triumphs fade in and out of focus and intimacy, heartbreak, travel, eroticism, joy, and quotidian happenings offer character and momentum across non-linear narrative arcs. Through enthralling images, gripping storytelling, and world-building, \u003ci\u003eFour in Hand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecarves out necessary space for lesbian gaze, speakership, and personhood. From the back corner of a vast, sprawling, yet gorgeous landscape of thought, Mountain's poems beckon us inside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlicia Mountain's debut collection, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigh Ground Coward \u003c\/i\u003e(Iowa), was selected by Brenda Shaughnessy to win the Iowa Poetry Prize. Her chapbook, \u003ci\u003e Thin Fire\u003c\/i\u003e (BOAAT Press), was selected by Natalie Diaz. Dr. Mountain was a Clemens Doctoral Fellow at the University of Denver and the 2020-21 Artist in Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma. Mountain serves on the Board of Directors for \u003ci\u003eFoglifter Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and is a Consulting Editor at the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a lesbian poet, based in New York City where she teaches at Columbia University and in the Writer's Foundry MFA program at St. Joseph's College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693548343359,"sku":"9781950774869","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e2ba801acf1a1a6e7ddd79e83ed703c9.webp?v=1764999309","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/four-in-hand-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}