{"product_id":"the-cave-clark-coolidge-9780976161257","title":"The Cave","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e is a collaboration of prose, poetry, dialogue, and song alternately written by Clark Coolidge and Bernadette Mayer in their early thirties. Assembled between 1972 and 1978, \u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e explores the philosophy of Wittgenstein, the nature of language, and the connections between the present and past. It constantly challenges the reader to question reality, time, and the poets themselves. The work ranges from complex and imagistic rambles through imaginary landscapes to terse, clear accounts of exploring Eldon's Cave in western Massachusetts, the setting of several of Coolidge's poems. Like a mystery novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e draws the reader in with hints that all the strands weave together into a coherent picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClark Coolidge and Bernadette Mayer have been writing for over fifty years, and they have both had an unquantifiable impact on the direction of experimental poetry. In the words of Marcella Durand, who provides an introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Coolidge and Mayer evidently shared a common mission in their writings to encompass consciousness, language, and the intricacy of physical\/scientific\/geologic structures, and to cross whatever fake borders had been set up between genres, materials, or even words themselves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClark Coolidge\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Petaluma, California. His most recent books include \u003ci\u003eFar Out West\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Adventures in Poetry, and \u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e, a collaboration with Keith Waldrop, published by Granary Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernadette Mayer\u003c\/b\u003e has experimented with numerous forms of media, including film, collage, stories, and poems. Her most recent books include \u003ci\u003eScarlet Tanager\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Bernadette Mayer Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by New Directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clark Coolidge, Bernadette Mayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0976161257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780976161257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Adventures in Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.98h x 7.08w x 0.21d","brand":"Clark Coolidge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056769396991,"sku":"9780976161257","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b1dcb71-0268-46d7-9dbe-343e52854795.jpg?v=1685043171","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cave-clark-coolidge-9780976161257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}