{"product_id":"writing-the-self-elegy-the-past-is-not-disappearing-ink-paperback","title":"Writing the Self-Elegy: The Past Is Not Disappearing Ink - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKara Dorris\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTeresa Leo\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eJennifer McCauley\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn innovative roadmap to facing our past and present selves\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Honest, aching, and intimate, self-elegies are unique poems focusing on loss rather than death, mourning versions of the self that are forgotten or that never existed. Within their lyrical frame, multiple selves can coexist--wise and naïve, angry and resigned--along with multiple timelines, each possible path stemming from one small choice that both creates new selves and negates potential selves. Giving voice to pain while complicating personal truths, self-elegies are an ideal poetic form for our time, compelling us to question our close-minded certainties, heal divides, and rethink our relation to others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWriting the Self-Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e, poet Kara Dorris introduces us to this prismatic tradition and its potential to forge new worlds. The self-elegies she includes in this anthology mix autobiography and poetics, blending craft with race, gender, sexuality, ability and disability, and place--all of the private and public elements that build individual and social identity. These poems reflect our complicated present while connecting us to our past, acting as lenses for understanding, and defining the self while facilitating reinvention. The twenty-eight poets included in this volume each practice self-elegy differently, realizing the full range of the form. In addition to a short essay that encapsulates the core value of the genre and its structural power, each poet's contribution concludes with writing prompts that will be an inspiration inside the classroom and out. This is an anthology readers will keep close and share, exemplifying a style of writing that is as playful as it is interrogative and that restores the self in its confrontation with grief.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKara Dorris\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of English at Illinois College and the author of \u003ci\u003eWhen the Body is a Guardrail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHave Ruin, Will Travel\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributions by: Carol Berg, Lauren Berry, Sheila Black, Bruce Bond, Kristy Bowen, John Chavez, Juliet Cook, Adam Crittenden, Jehanne Dubrow, Floydd Michael Elliott, Rigoberto González, Stephanie Heit, Kasey Jueds, Anne Kaier, Catherine Kyle, Teresa Leo, Denise Leto, Raymond Luczak, Jennifer Maritza McCauley, Kyle McCord, Rusty Morrison, Naomi Ortiz, Carl Phillips, Kevin Prufer, T.C. Tolbert, Tanaya Winder, and Jane Wong. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.13 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734834155583,"sku":"9780809339068","price":38.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ec7fd95e850c339d1c4887bc8e1120b5.webp?v=1765141265","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/writing-the-self-elegy-the-past-is-not-disappearing-ink-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}