{"product_id":"the-echo-chamber-poems-paperback","title":"The Echo Chamber: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Bazzett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Michael Bazzett, poet and translator of \u003cem\u003eThe Popol Vuh\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection that explores the myth of Echo and Narcissus, offering a reboot, a remix, a reimagining.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Narcissus was never one to see himself \/\/ in moving water. \/\/ He liked his image \/ still.\" In \u003cem\u003eThe Echo Chamber\u003c\/em\u003e, myth is refracted into our current moment. A time traveler teaches a needleworker the pleasures of social media gratification. A man goes looking for his face and is first offered a latex mask. A book reveals eerie transmutations of a simple story. And the myth itself is retold, probing its most provocative qualities--how reflective waters enable self-absorption, the tragic \u003cem\u003erightness\u003c\/em\u003e of Echo and Narcissus as a couple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Echo Chamber\u003c\/em\u003e examines our endlessly self-referential age of selfies and televised wars and manufactured celebrity, gazing lingeringly into the many kinds of damage it produces, and the truths obscured beneath its polished surface. In the process, Bazzett cements his status as one of our great poetic fools--the comedian who delivers uncomfortable silence, who sheds layers of disguises to reveal light underneath, who smuggles wisdom within \"rage-mothered laughter.\" Late-stage capitalism, history, death itself: all are subject to his wry, tender gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns searing, compassionate, and darkly humorous, \u003cem\u003eThe Echo Chamber\u003c\/em\u003e creates an echo through time, holding up the broken mirror of myth to our present-day selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Bazzett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Echo Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as five other collections of poems, including \u003ci\u003eThe Interrogation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou Must Remember This\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Lindquist \u0026amp; Vennum Prize for Poetry. He is also the translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Popol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e. Bazzett is a poet, teacher, and 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMassachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCopper Nickel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Minneapolis.\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 0.32 x 8.27 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692665507903,"sku":"9781571315380","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/53a382ca9d2861912e16da6e9326e6ee.webp?v=1764996177","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-echo-chamber-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}