{"product_id":"true-mistakes-paperback","title":"True Mistakes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLena Moses-Schmitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In her debut collection \u003ci\u003eTrue Mistakes\u003c\/i\u003e, the poet Lena Moses-Schmitt unleashes her powers of scrutiny on herself and on works of art to interrogate the essential nature of consciousness, identity, and time. \u003cp\u003e As the poet goes about daily life--taking long walks, painting at her desk, going to work, grappling with the deaths of friends, struggling with anxiety and depression--she ruminates on the boundaries between art and reality, grief and joy, living and imagining. For Moses-Schmitt, thought, like painting, is relentlessly high-stakes: \"I often think about things so hard \/ I kill them.\" And: \"Is it possible to paint myself so precisely \/ I disappear? Can I remember myself \/ so completely I'm erased?\" In the context of such ruminations, the poet's reflections on David Hockney's seminal pool paintings shimmer with sublimity and insight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Working to turn \"mistakes\"--misperceptions, errors in life and in art--into sites of possibility and imagination instead of failure or confusion, Moses-Schmitt offers \"a truth for every reader,\" writes series editor Patricia Smith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLena Moses-Schmitt is a writer and artist. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Believer, Best New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She currently lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154802901055,"sku":"9781682262702","price":27.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/nc3b5wFH5l9781682262702.webp?v=1776959509","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/true-mistakes-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}