{"product_id":"the-reformation-paperback-1","title":"The Reformation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Bode-Lang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Bode-Lang's fierce and lyrical poems undertake the reformation of family mythology, place, and loves that each life requires to become its own. As Stephen Dunn notes in his introduction, One of the classic tricks of actors is when you want to get the attention of your audience, you lower, not raise, your voice. Katherine Bode-Lang's work is not a trick--her lowered voice kept attracting me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMending\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI spent that summer tucked behind the library's stacks\u003cbr\u003ewith broken books, repairing bends and tatters, \u003cbr\u003eerasing pencil marks, tipping in the missing pages.\u003cbr\u003eOld books, weak and torn books, all came to my table--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ecovers like rags. I undressed them further: removed\u003cbr\u003ebattered cloth with cuts through the spine and name, \u003cbr\u003edown inside joints still holding flapping limbs to well-stitched pages.\u003cbr\u003eOnce undone, I would fashion a cast--red, green, black, or blue--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ecut cloth and bristol board, build a new spine, \u003cbr\u003efasten on the covers with a batch of glue I made that week.\u003cbr\u003eThe dressing so fitted, I would paint pages back together, layer tissue\u003cbr\u003eover tears, splint the bent corners, slip waxed paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eunder the eyelids of the book. In my windowless room, \u003cbr\u003ea ward of old books lay quiet, pinned and drying\u003cbr\u003ebetween bricks and boards. My handwriting later named them, \u003cbr\u003enumbered and tagged them, sent them back to metal shelves.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Bode-Lang\u003c\/b\u003e earned her MFA at Penn State, where she is the assistant director of The Methodology Center. She lives in central Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Bode-Lang: Katherine Bode-Lang was born and raised in western Michigan. Winner of the 2014 APR\/Honickman Prize, she earned her MFA at Penn State University, where she is the Assistant Director of The Methodology Center, an NIH-funded research center focused on public health. She lives in central Pennsylvania. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702122156095,"sku":"9780971898196","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fe0f22779d910dda625a08afd8a3dada.webp?v=1765023230","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-reformation-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}