{"product_id":"the-excellent-assembly-9781950475490","title":"The Excellent Assembly","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten over two decades, \u003cem\u003eThe Excellent Assembly\u003c\/em\u003e commemorates the 25\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e anniversary of 9\/11. These lyrical narrative poems and monologues remember the dead, the survivors, and those whose heroism inspires us to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcDowell has long been recognized as a central figure in New Narrative and New Formalist Poetry. His formal and free verse poems always bring together lyric and narrative elements that make for a reading experience like no other. His poems are published in anthologies, journals, magazines and newspapers around the world; his books have appeared from Henry Holt \u0026amp; Company (Owl Books), the University of Pittsburgh Press, Penguin, Free Press\/Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, Peterloo Poets (England) and The Salmon Publishing in Ireland. McDowell teaches at Kent State University, and taught at the University of Southern Indiana, UC Santa Cruz and the Bennington low-residency MFA program, which he co-designed with the late Liam Rector. With Mark Jarman, he created and co-edited \u003cem\u003eThe Reaper\u003c\/em\u003e, an influential literary magazine. McDowell was also co-founder, editor and director of Story Line Press, where he selected and guided into print more than 300 books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Homestead Lighthouse Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950475490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Robert McDowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024810926261,"sku":"9781950475490","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781950475490.jpg?v=1787668010","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-excellent-assembly-9781950475490","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}