{"product_id":"material-witness-paperback-2","title":"Material Witness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAditi Machado\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA series of meditative long poems that ritualize perception as a way of maintaining kinship with the non-human world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMaterial Witness\u003c\/i\u003e, the poet as human subject keeps vigil over the material world as the quotidian unfolds. The line between observer and observed blurs as non-human agency reveals itself, its own kind of witnessing. \u003cp\u003eIn her long poem \"Concerning Matters Culinary\" inspired by the first Latin cookbook, Machado activates the living matter of gustatory life with wry humor and subtle critique. Encouraging us to eschew nostalgia for deep presence, Machado's poems remind us that \"experience is phenomenal in its segues.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAditi Machado is a poet, translator, and essayist. Her second book of poems \u003ci\u003eEmporium\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) received the James Laughlin Award. Her other works include the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eSome Beheadings\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), a translation from the French of Farid Tali's \u003ci\u003eProsopopoeia \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), and several chapbooks the most recent of which are a long poem called now (2020) and an essay titled The End (2020). Machado's work appears in journals like \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLana Turner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVolt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWestern Humanities Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJacket2\u003c\/i\u003e. A former Poetry Editor for Asymptote, she works as an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457135132850,"sku":"9781643622446","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/fbd9090bb666c196f75032bef9450a83.webp?v=1778876968","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/material-witness-paperback-2","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}