{"product_id":"whatsaid-serif-paperback","title":"Whatsaid Serif - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Mackey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhatsaid Serif\u003c\/em\u003e, Nathaniel Mackey's third book of poems, is comprised of installments sixteen through thirty-five of \u003cem\u003eSong of the Andoumboulou\u003c\/em\u003e, an ongoing serial work whose first fifteen installments appear in \u003cem\u003eEroding Witness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSchool of Udhra\u003c\/em\u003e, his two previous books. Named after a Dogon funeral song whose raspy tonalities prelude rebirth, \u003cem\u003eSong of the Andoumboulou\u003c\/em\u003e has from its inception tracked interweavings of lore and livid apprehension, advancing this weave as its own sort of rasp. These twenty new installments evoke the what-sayer of Kakapalo storying practice as a figure for the rough texture of such interweaving. Mackey has suggested that the Andoumboulou, a failed, earlier form of human being in Dogon cosmology, are \"a rough draft of human being,\" that \"the Andoumboulou are in fact us; we're the rough draft.\" The song is of possibility, yet to be fulfilled, aspiration's putative angel itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Mackey's poem is a brilliant renewal of and experiment with the language of our spiritual condition and a measure of what poetry gives in trust--'heat's\/mean' and the rush of language to bear it.--Robin Blaser\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMackey's raspy rebus-like cultural resurfacings are both beautiful to read and worthy of repeated efforts at comprehension.--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Mackey, recipient of a 1993 Whiting Writers' Award, is the author of \u003cem\u003eSchool of Udhra\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAtet A.D.\u003c\/em\u003e, both also published by City Lights Publishers. He won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2006, was awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2014, and won Yale's Bollingen Prize for American Poetry in 2015. He teaches a poetry workshop at Duke University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Mackey, recipient of a 1993 Whiting Writers' Award, is the author of \u003cem\u003eSchool of Udhra\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAtet A.D.\u003c\/em\u003e, both also published by City Lights Publishers. He won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2006, was awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2014, and won Yale's Bollingen Prize for American Poetry in 2015. He teaches a poetry workshop at Duke University.\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 0.38 x 8.95 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42690115108927,"sku":"9780872863415","price":15.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/23b68f84c44f270cdbbc666cc4c4c1ee.webp?v=1764987896","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/whatsaid-serif-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}