{"product_id":"once-then-paperback","title":"Once, Then - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Scarpino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her debut full-length poetry collection, Andrea Scarpino's elegies move between personal and political loss, between science, myth, and spirituality, and between lyric intensity and narrative clarity. At their heart is a longing for those we have lost, and an acknowledgement that loss irrevocably changes us and what we understand of the world. Blending mythological figures such as Persephone and Achilles, scientific approaches to knowledge learned from her microbiologist father, and a deep ambivalence regarding religious ideas of death and afterlife, Scarpino's poems invite us to examine the world, our own place in it, and what to make of its continual collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea Scarpino received an MFA in Creative Writing from The Ohio State University. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published in numerous journals, including \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConnecticut Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePANK\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003eThe Grove Behind\u003c\/i\u003e (Finishing Line Press, 2009), is a faculty member with Union Institute and University's Cohort Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies, and is a weekly contributor for the blog \u003ci\u003ePlanet of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 8.95 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701124010047,"sku":"9781597099745","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1335cc8df0dce156869443a2b0ee53d6.webp?v=1765019424","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/once-then-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}