{"product_id":"the-front-matter-dead-souls-wesleyan-poetry-series-0819562955","title":"The Front Matter, Dead Souls (Wesleyan Poetry Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0819562955\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scalapino, Leslie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary new book is essay-fiction-poetry, an experiment in form, \"a serial novel for publication in the newspaper\" that collapses the distinction between documentary and fiction.Leslie Scalapino is widely regarded as one of the best avant-garde writers in America today. This extraordinary new book is essay-fiction-poetry, an experiment in form, \"a serial novel for publication in the newspaper\" that collapses the distinction between documentary and fiction. Loosely set in Los Angeles, the book scrutinizes our image-making, producing extreme and vivid images-hyena, Muscle Beach in Venice, the Supreme Court, subway rides-in order for them to be real. Countering contemporary trends toward interiority, Scalapino's work constitutes a unique effort to \"be\" objectively in the world. The writing is an action, a dynamic push to make intimacy in the public realm. She does not distinguish between poetry and \"real events\": her writing is analogous to Buddhist notions of dreaming one is a butterfly, and becoming aware that actually being the butterfly is as real as dreaming it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51893009809696,"sku":"NEW0819562955","price":21.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71GHCd_RZDS.jpg?v=1781993892","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-front-matter-dead-souls-wesleyan-poetry-series-0819562955","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}