{"product_id":"a-library-of-light-hardcover","title":"A Library of Light - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanielle Vogel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncantation and elegy shine through one another in this extraordinary poetic memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen poet Danielle Vogel began writing meditations on the syntax of earthen and astral light, she had no idea that her mother's tragic death would eclipse the writing of that book, turning her attention to grief's syntax and quiet fields of cellular light in the form of memory. Written in elegant, crystalline prose poems, \u003ci\u003e A Library of Light\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir that begins and ends in an incantatory space, one in which light speaks. At the book's center glows a more localized light: the voice of the poet as she reflects, with ceremonial patience, on the bioluminescence of the human body, language's relationship to lineage, her mother's journals written during years of estrangement from her daughter, and the healing potential of poetry. A mesmerizing elegy infused with studies of epigenetic theory and biophotonics, \u003ci\u003e A Library of Light\u003c\/i\u003e shows that to language is to take part in transmission, transmutation of energy, and sonic (re)patterning of biological light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[sample poem]\u003cbr\u003eWhen we are. When we are there, we lay together \u003cbr\u003eand cover ourselves with our voices. When we are \u003cbr\u003eten, we are also twenty-one. We speak of breathing, \u003cbr\u003ebut this is a thing we cannot do. When we are \u003cbr\u003eseven, we are also eighteen. When we are eighteen, \u003cbr\u003ewe begin our bodies. But we are unmappable, \u003cbr\u003eunhinged. A resynchronization of codes, the\u003cbr\u003ecrystalline frequencies of stars, seeds, vowels, lying \u003cbr\u003edormant within you. We are the oldest dialect. A\u003cbr\u003esound the voice cannot make but makes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDANIELLE VOGEL is a cross-genre writer and interdisciplinary artist. Her books include \u003ci\u003eA Library of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEdges \u0026amp; Fray\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Way a Line Hallucinates Its Own Linearity, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBetween Grammars\u003c\/i\u003e. She is associate professor of English at Wesleyan University.\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 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460804657330,"sku":"9780819500915","price":28.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/823bc54e5b0ccebcfe234e741ea1d348.webp?v=1778932569","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-library-of-light-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}