{"product_id":"west-fire-archive-paperback","title":"West: Fire: Archive - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIris Jamahl Dunkle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest: Fire: Archive \u003c\/i\u003eis a poetry collection that challenges preconceived, androcentric ideas about biography, autobiography, and history fueled by the western myth of progress presented in Frederick Jackson Turner's \"frontier thesis.\" The first section focuses on mending the erasure of the life of Charmian Kittredge London, the wife of the famous author Jack London, a woman who broke gender norms, traveled the world, and wrote about it. The second section examines the act of autobiography (or what defines the author). In it, Dunkle writes through the complex grief of losing her mother and her community when it is devastated by wildfires and reflects on how these disasters echo the one that brought her family to California, the Dust Bowl. The final section questions the authenticity of the definition of recorded history as it relates to the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIris Jamahl Dunkle\u003c\/b\u003e was the 2017-18 Poet Laureate of Sonoma County, California. Her poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eInterrupted Geographies, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e There's a Ghost in This Machine of Air\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the biography \u003ci\u003eCharmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer, \u003c\/i\u003e published by the University of Oklahoma Press (fall 2020). Dunkle has received fellowships from Vermont Studio Center, the Lannan Foundation, and Squaw Valley Writers' Conference. She teaches at Napa Valley College and is the Poetry Director of the Napa Valley Writers' Conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699326226495,"sku":"9781885635778","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3b0d3b995b193d45e244fb33bdf1f585.webp?v=1765013221","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/west-fire-archive-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}