{"product_id":"the-laboratory-of-time-peter-wortsman-9781962316057","title":"The Laboratory of Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Laboratory of Time, and other cutup poems\u003c\/em\u003e, Peter Wortsman's third collection of experiments in the form, lets time be told in the way we live it, sometimes stretching a second into seeming eternity, sometimes compressing eternity into a second. The first part, titled \"The True Glue,\" comprises recycled assemblages of words cut out of the newspaper that make a newfangled poetic sense. The second part, titled \"The Five Books,\" is an admittedly unorthodox retelling of biblical narrative, the poetic sap and zap of it extracted by means of a vertical transcription.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhalations burdened with meaning, they are forever being uttered, stuttered and forgotten, trashed and mulched to fertilize new formulations. What else is a cutup poem after all, or any kind of poem for that matter, but a wild flower sprouting out of the dirt!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Wortsman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 196231605X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962316057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bamboo Dart Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 6.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Peter Wortsman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46721563295999,"sku":"9781962316057","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e710cf18-1758-4eaf-8bb4-d8effad26d6a.jpg?v=1742753239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-laboratory-of-time-peter-wortsman-9781962316057","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}