{"product_id":"as-when-waking-9780226843841","title":"As When Waking","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of poetic form, centering on the alphabet as both its medium and constraint.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems of Daniel Schonning's debut collection range from personal examinations of childhood suffering and loss of faith to deep observations of images and objects to the foreclosure of a family home, a father estranged by addiction, mallards on a frozen pond, flowering bindweed, and a door to the underworld. With all its component pieces, \u003ci\u003eAs When Waking\u003c\/i\u003e aims to apprentice itself to the medium of letters, inviting readers to listen and learn from the systems and symmetries of alphabets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Schonning employs structural paradigms to explore themes of poetic lineage. Twenty-six of the poems in this collection are abecedarians, a form where the opening letter of each line advances through the alphabet, with the lines of the first poem proceeding alphabetically from A-Z, while those of the second poem move from B-A, and then C-B, all the way to Z-A. This structure is tied to Jewish mystic texts such as the\u003ci\u003e Sefer Yetzirah\u003c\/i\u003e, which probes the relationship between the letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the world they inhabit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226843841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Daniel Schonning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51616460079285,"sku":"9780226843841","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_85de8fc1-6939-46d7-8d99-8bd52c4795ce.jpg?v=1756189508","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/as-when-waking-9780226843841","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}