In the Days of Our Endurance - Couverture souple

Brown, Nathan Lee

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1734869283 ISBN 13 : 9781734869286

Editeur : Mezcalita Press, LLC, 2023

Synopsis

In the Days of Our Endurance is the culmination of Nathan Brown's journey through the pandemic, by way of writing commissioned poems for family, friends, fans, and Firepitters. Yes, apparently, that's a word now. This will be the fifth and final collection in the series known as the Pandemic Poems Project.

In the spring of 2020, Nathan's career as a touring live performer of music and poetry quickly went offline. A terrifying side effect of Covid experienced by millions for a plethora of reasons. However, by way of donations from those who commissioned poems, his pocketbook "survived." Somewhat, he might say. And by way of those who tuned into his "Fire Pit Sessions," a livestreaming show on Facebook that he produced for the purpose of reading the commissioned poems for those who were "holed up," he kept his spirit, as a live performer, alive as well. All 200+ episodes are still available to view on his page: https: //www.facebook.com/chinacoman

In the Days of Our Endurance is a departure from the first four books. This book leaves out the dates and years of the poems. And instead it tries to represent our "coming out" from under the cloud of the pandemic. It's concerned with everyone's new questions, worries, and hopes in the face of a new age and new world beyond the dark few years of disease.

These commissioned poems over the years tell the stories of contributors from around the globe-from Saudi Arabia to the Island of Tonga, the Bronx to L.A.-and they track the slow crawl toward some sort of beginning of the end of a brief and bizarre epoch, a great pause in human business-as-usual.

Brown says, "Few things have affected more how I perceive myself as an artist, as well as what the artist's purpose is in the scope of history. I've been humbled and inspired at the same time. And I have discovered that audience is more than appreciation... it is participation in art."

Video readings of these poems can be viewed in the Fire Pit Sessions on his Facebook page:

https: //www.facebook.com/chinacoman

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nathan Brown is an author, songwriter, and award-winning poet living outside Wimberley, Texas. He holds a PhD in English and Journalism from the University of Oklahoma and taught there for over twenty years. He also served as Poet Laureate for the State of Oklahoma in 2013 and 2014.He has published 26 books. Among them is 100 Years, To Sing Hallucinated: First Thoughts on Last Words, and Just Another Honeymoon in France: A Vagabond at Large, a travel memoir that marks the first in a coming series.His anthology Oklahoma Poems, and Their Poets was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award. Karma Crisis: New and Selected Poems was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. And his earlier book, Two Tables Over, won the 2009 Oklahoma Book Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mezcalita Press, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1734869283
• ISBN 13: 9781734869286
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible