{"product_id":"unsun-paperback","title":"Unsun - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Zawacki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry that aspires 'to conjugate in a future imperfect, ' but a future nonetheless.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his fifth poetry volume, American poet Andrew Zawacki expands his inquiry into the possibilities and dangers of a 'global pastoral, ' exploring geographies alternately enhanced and flattened out by digital networks, international transit, the uneven and invisible movements of capital, and the unrelenting feedback loops of data surveillance, weather disaster, war. Wheeling interference patterns of systems of meaning, from radio signals and runway signage to foreign phrases and babytalk, interact with the 'langscape' of English, while punctuation is retrofitted as coding. In creating a politically committed lyric form that opens all the dimensions of language - sonic and semantic, syntactic and graphic - \u003ci\u003eUnsun\u003c\/i\u003e sustains an oblique conversation with Paul Celan's \u003ci\u003eFadensonnen\u003c\/i\u003e, Chris Marker's \u003ci\u003eSans soleil\u003c\/i\u003e, and Michael Palmer's \u003ci\u003eSun\u003c\/i\u003e. Loosely structured by the settings of analog photography, the book features a suite of the author's black-and-white, large format images alongside an adaptation of Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei and a series of fractured sonnets for - and from - his young daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Zawacki is the author of the poetry volumes \u003ci\u003eVideotape\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePetals of Zero Petals of One\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnabranch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBy Reason of Breakings\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as four books in France. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. With fellowships from the NEA, Centre National du livre, and French Voices, he translated Sébastien Smirou's \u003ci\u003eMy Lorenzo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSee About\u003c\/i\u003e. Zawacki also edited \u003ci\u003eAfterwards: Slovenian Writing 1945-1995\u003c\/i\u003e and edited and co-translated Ales Debeljak's \u003ci\u003eWithout Anesthesia: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. A recent Howard Foundation Poetry Fellow, he is Professor of English at the University of Georgia.\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 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701381140543,"sku":"9781552454008","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3c7935b4ab3efe664e5ccc3df2ca939a.webp?v=1765020435","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/unsun-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}