{"product_id":"department-of-elegy-paperback","title":"Department of Elegy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Biddinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart post-punk ghost story, part Gen-X pastoral, Mary Biddinger's poetry collection \u003ci\u003eDepartment of Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e conjures dim nightclubs, churning lakes, and vacant Midwestern lots, meditating on moments of lost connection. With the afterlife looming like fringe around the edges of this book, Biddinger constructs a view of heaven as strange as the world left behind. These poems escort us from forest to dance floor, bathtub to breakwater, memory into present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Biddinger's most recent poetry collection is \u003ci\u003eDepartment of Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e (Black Lawrence Press, 2022). She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the Cleveland Arts Prize, National Endowment for the Arts, and Ohio Arts Council. Her flash fiction novella titled \u003ci\u003eThe Girl with the Black Lipstick\u003c\/i\u003e will be published by Black Lawrence Press in 2025. She teaches creative writing at the University of Akron and in the NEOMFA program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 9.5 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47580854714589,"sku":"9781625570291","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/p5a_nbRn8K9781625570291.webp?v=1783933247","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/department-of-elegy-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}