{"product_id":"story-of-a-poem-a-memoir","title":"Story of a Poem: A Memoir","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eStory of a Poem: A Memoir\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMatthew Zapruder\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781951213688\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Unnamed Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e207\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A document of not only how to make a poem, but how to live in a world where language often fails us.\" --Ada Limón, U.S. Poet Laureate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatthew Zapruder had an idea: to write a poem as slowly and intentionally as possible, to preserve its drafts, and record the painstaking, elusively transcendent stuff of its construction. It would be the end cap to a new collection of poetry, and a means to process modern American life in a time of political turmoil, mega fires, and sobriety. What Zapruder didn't anticipate was that this literary project would reveal a deeply personal aspect as well: a way to resolve the unexplored pain and unexpected joys he was confronting in the wake of his son's diagnosis with autism.The result is a remarkable piece of writing, one that explores not just what it means to be a poet and father, but also what it means to be alive on this planet during this turbulent and extraordinary time. By comparing the writing of a poem with his own tangled evolution as a son, husband and father, Zapruder unfolds moments of his own life in the reflection of an increasingly uncanny world. With a wide range of reference points-- from Celan, Li Bai and Frank O'Hara to Whitman, Merwin and Rupi Kaur--we join Zapruder on a poet's journey; that in some alchemy of literature, becomes a journey of our own.Ultimately, the poet asks us to join with him in the search for a crucial answer. In his words: \"What world can we imagine, and then make, where we all can live?\" With \u003ci\u003eStory of a Poem \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrated poet Matthew Zapruder offers a personal, deeply unguarded examination of a poet's eternal struggle to transform a moment of feeling into verse, as well as a subtle and enthralling roadmap to the practice of poetry and finding its threads in everyday life.\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStory of a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e is the luminous, lyrical meditation on wringing beauty from suffering and air, threaded with a singular, moving story about parenting an atypical child. I read it in a single gulp, and you will too.\" --Mary Karr, Bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Liars' Club\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCherry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Unnamed Press","offers":[{"title":"Story of a Poem: A Memoir | Matthew Zapruder | Hardcover | 9781951213688 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1735738","offer_id":48168338161816,"sku":"1735738","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71_3x9KfK6L.jpg?v=1771966702","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/story-of-a-poem-a-memoir","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}