{"product_id":"night-myths-before-the-body-poems-paperback","title":"Night Myths - - Before the Body: 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\u003eAbi Pollokoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A stunning debut, navigating womanhood, mythology, the body, and the surreal knowledge that dwells within.\"--Jane Wong, author of \u003cem\u003eMeet Me Tonight in Atlantic City\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHow to Not Be Afraid of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e (longlisted for the 2022 Pen\/Voelcker Award in Poetry), and \u003cem\u003eOverpour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003enight myths - - before the body \u003c\/em\u003eis an ecofeminist interrogation of identity, vulnerability, and relationship that dismantles the boundaries between the body and the natural world to reclaim expressions of power and womanhood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat are the stories we tell our bodies about our bodies? What are the myths we tell ourselves about ourselves? \u003cem\u003enight myths - - before the body \u003c\/em\u003eilluminated the dichotomies contemporary women grapple with every day: identity and expectation, self-preservation and doubt, freedom and entrapment, wildness and cultivation. By dissolving the boundaries between the body and the natural world, Abi Pollokoff's evocative debut deconstructs the essence of womanhood, carrying the reader into a communing at once vulnerable and insistent. \u003cem\u003enight myths - - before the body \u003c\/em\u003eis a resounding interrogation of being human in a posthuman world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbi Pollokoff\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, editor, and book artist. Her work has appeared in publications such as \u003cem\u003eTriQuarterly, Denver Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGuernica\u003c\/em\u003e, and in such installations as the \u003cem\u003eSummit Sound\u003c\/em\u003e, the Seattle Convention Center sound installation. Abi was named a 2021 Jack Straw Writer and a 2019 Hugo Fellow. She has held residencies from the Seventh Wave, the Seattle Review of Books and the Alice Gallery. In 2012, Abi won the Anselle M. Larson\/Academy of American poets Prize for Tulane University, judged by Caryl Pagel. She was a finalist for the 2022 Coniston Prize, judged by Dorianne Laux, and the 2022 Gatewood Prize, judged by Julie Carr, and a semifinalist for the 2021 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize. Her poem \"aubade\" was a finalist for the 2019 Omnidawn Broadside Contest, judged by Dan Beachy-Quick. In addition to her own writing, Abi is the managing editor of Poetry Northwest Editions and works in publishing. Abi received her MFA in poetry from the University of Washington. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, by way of Seattle, New Orleans and the Chicagoland area. Find her at https: \/\/www.abipollokoff.com\/. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9.19 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53579523359027,"sku":"9781636281971","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/night-myths-before-the-body-poems-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}