{"product_id":"ghost-seeds-poems-paperback","title":"Ghost: : Seeds: Poems - 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\u003eSebastian Merrill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of The 2022 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize, selected by Kimiko Hahn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set on a remote island on the Maine coast, \u003ci\u003eGHOST:: SEEDS\u003c\/i\u003e incorporates elements of magical realism and myth to explore and trouble conceptions of gender and identity. The central tension of this book-length poem is a dialogue between a trans speaker and his \"ghost,\" the \"girl-ghost\" of the self that he left behind to become the man he is today. Putting a queer spin on the myth of Persephone, the girl-ghost speaks from underworld lit by glowworms, cut through by dark rivers, and connected to the world above through a sea cave. Alternating between prose-like elements and lyric meditations, the book's expansive form makes full use of the page from margin to margin, creating space and breathing room for complicated investigations of memory, gender, and grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003e\"Remember the first time\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Remember the first time we realized \u003cbr\u003e we could choose our own name? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The name that would become my name? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In college, we played with gender in the theater, \u003cbr\u003e acted as Sebastian in \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One night, after rehearsal, we told our friends, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCall me Sebastian, even when I'm not on the stage.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over ten years since we found my name, \u003cbr\u003e I'm still learning myself: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I grow my hair long for the first time \u003cbr\u003e since I abandoned you.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEBASTIAN MERRILL's debut collection \u003ci\u003eGHOST:: SEEDS\u003c\/i\u003e was selected by Kimiko Hahn as the winner of The 2022 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize. The winner of the 2022 Levis Prize for Poetry from Friends of Writers, Sebastian was selected as a member of the 2023 Get the Word Out inaugural poetry cohort for debut writers from Poets \u0026amp; Writers. A staff-scholar for the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2022 and 2023 and the Summer 2023 Warren Wilson MFA Alumni Residency Fellow, Sebastian has also received support from Tin House Workshop and the Juniper Summer Writing Institute. The recipient of the Rodney Jack Scholarship from Friends of Writers, he holds an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College and a BA from Wellesley College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47581063905501,"sku":"9781680033519","price":28.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/10RdJxsAj69781680033519.webp?v=1773555582","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/ghost-seeds-poems-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}