{"product_id":"alphabet-soup-a-memoir-in-letters-9781459750333","title":"Alphabet Soup: A Memoir in Letters","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"At once experimental literature and alchemical apparatus -- designed to take all the flavours of one man's life experiences and transform them into something that nourishes.\" -- ANDREA THOMPSON, author of \u003ci\u003eA Selected History of Soul Speak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tasty yet experimental recipe of creative memoir in poetic prose cooked up for your consumption -- one letter at a time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlphabet Soup\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic exploration of the deeper meaning discovered by stirring up the depths of one's most personal lived experiences. Twenty-six letters, one missive addressed to each letter of the alphabet, dive into the scalding heat of memory through themes that recall and reframe love, death, joy, sorrow, victory, devastation, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing prose that is by turns startling, revelatory, humorous, sorrowful, and triumphant, these introspections on the nature of living engage the mind and heart in the difficult, unending work of grappling with one's past in the present, with the hope it can help create a more satisfying future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rare Machines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459750333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"A. Gregory Frankson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45111920033973,"sku":"9781459750333","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_521b7b06-1f66-4834-9486-09b2f88b13f0.jpg?v=1739887580","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/alphabet-soup-a-memoir-in-letters-9781459750333","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}