{"product_id":"mountain-amnesia-paperback","title":"Mountain Amnesia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGale Marie Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMountain Amnesia\u003c\/i\u003e, Thompson's poems rebuild a new world--and self--in the wake of destruction and loss. Influenced by the landscape of rural Appalachia, these poems depict a nature relentlessly working on its own disappearance for survival. Decaying plants and animal remains are housed in the same world as ramps and bellflowers on the cusp of blooming. These poems do not placate or cover up the inevitability of death, but rather use this knowledge to seek connection and make meaning: \"how little and yet \/ how much it matters to count the dead.\" \u003ci\u003eMountain Amnesia\u003c\/i\u003e seeks a path through destruction, using ruin to clear the way for new beginnings; or, as Thompson writes, \"the painful, florid bloom of passing forward.\" This collection\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a testament to survival and resilience, and animal encounters--the lonely fox, the folded fawn, the returning whale, the emerging voles--become new myths along the way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMountain Amnesia\u003c\/i\u003e also explores the question of how implicated or dependent we are on the lives and actions of others. What does it mean to be accountable to and responsible for those around you? How are we implicated in others' crimes? What can we do in the aftermath? The poems in this collection explore the limits of knowing and seeing, and how we come to be known and seen: \"I ask the world for its bandage \/of meaning.\" \u003ci\u003eMountain Amnesia \u003c\/i\u003eboth pursues and surrenders to these limits of knowing, narrowing the vast distances between ourselves and others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGale Marie Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHelen or My Hunger \u003c\/i\u003e(YesYes Books, 2020) and \u003ci\u003eSoldier On \u003c\/i\u003e(Tupelo Press, 2015). Her poetry and prose have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, Bennington Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMississippi Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. A winner of the Poetry Society of America's 2022 Emily Dickinson Award, Thompson has received fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center and Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. She is founding editor of \u003ci\u003eJellyfish Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eand currently works as an editor in book development for YesYes Books. Gale lives in the mountains of North Georgia, where she directs the creative writing program at Young Harris College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460849090738,"sku":"9781885635877","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b89e9f62a222f02a3178a87434e43292.webp?v=1778933669","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/mountain-amnesia-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}