{"product_id":"a-dream-in-which-i-rk-fauth-9781682831960","title":"A Dream in Which I Am Playing with Bees: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003eA\u003cbr\u003eDream in Which I Am Playing with Bees\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of poems made of natural\u003cbr\u003eimagery, queer metaphors, personal observations, and historical circumstances\u003cbr\u003esurrounding honeybees. In the aftermath of a fictional bee extinction, these\u003cbr\u003epoems are presented to the post-bee reader as \"artifacts.\"\u003ci\u003ePlaying\u003cbr\u003ewith Bees\u003c\/i\u003e positions\u003cbr\u003epoetry in hindsight to contemplate poetry's \"natural\" inclinations toward\u003cbr\u003ebuilding alternative worlds through earthbound metaphors. Whether a single line or an entire premise, none of the poems could think, speak, or see in the same way\u003cbr\u003eif bees--and the relations they make possible--suddenly disappeared. Like any\u003cbr\u003enatural resource, the bee is a wellspring of possibility. Essential. Fragile.\u003cbr\u003eCausal. And like any animal, the pollinating bee has enabled a diverse phylum\u003cbr\u003eof phrases and myths that humans trade to express our most hard-to-name\u003cbr\u003efeelings.What\u003cbr\u003ein our imagination changes after a peg in the environment is removed? What\u003cbr\u003ecould disappear from our minds, our fantasies, and our self-descriptors, if\u003cbr\u003enature is no longer a mirror? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsider a museum of language. As artifacts, these poems are\u003cbr\u003ethe residue of a dead species--but they are also the offshoots of a playful, \u003cbr\u003eabundant, delicate ecosystem. \u003ci\u003ePlaying with Bees\u003c\/i\u003e covets what's left. At\u003cbr\u003ethe bottom of everything, we find the fragments of an ecologically intact dream: \u003cbr\u003ean apocalypse in reverse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rk Fauth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682831965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682831960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Tech University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.91w x 0.79d","brand":"Rk Fauth","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44128767344895,"sku":"9781682831960","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0a13244-50dc-4915-b194-6b53fcfa2f38.jpg?v=1687460402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-dream-in-which-i-rk-fauth-9781682831960","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}