{"product_id":"splay-anthem-paperback","title":"Splay Anthem - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Mackey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart antiphonal rant, part rhythmic whisper, Nathaniel Mackey's new collection of poems, \u003cem\u003eSplay Anthem\u003c\/em\u003e, takes the reader to uncharted poetic spaces. Divided into three sections--Braid, Fray, and Nub (one referent Mackey notes in his stellar Introduction: the imperial, flailing republic of Nub the United States has become, the shrunken place the earth has become, planet Nub)--\u003cem\u003eSplay Anthem\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together two ongoing serial poems Mackey has been writing for over twenty years, Song of the Andoumboulou and Mu (though Mu no more itself \/ than Andoumboulou).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the cosmology of the Dogon of West Africa, the Andoumboulou are progenitor spirits, and the song of the Andoumboulou is a song addressed to the spirits, a funeral song, a song of rebirth. \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eMu\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e too, splays with meaning: \u003cem\u003emuni\u003c\/em\u003e bird, Greek \u003cem\u003emuthos\u003c\/em\u003e, a Sun Ra tune, a continent once thought to have existed in the Pacific. With the vibrancy of a Mira painting, Mackey's poems trace the lost tribe of we through waking and dreamtime, through a multitude of geographies, cultures, histories, and musical traditions, as poetry here serves as the intersection of everything, myth's music, spirit lift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2006)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689596325951,"sku":"9780811216524","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2e687e7c7436b810fb6f02dcb9e43ae1.webp?v=1764986037","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/splay-anthem-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}