{"product_id":"the-lichtenberg-figures-9781556592119","title":"The Lichtenberg Figures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lichtenberg Figures\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Hayden Carruth Award, is an unconventional sonnet sequence that interrogates the relationship between language and memory, violence and form. \"Lichtenberg figures\" are fern-like electrical patterns that can appear on (and quickly fade from) the bodies of people struck by lightning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout this playful and elegiac debut--with its flashes of autobiography, intellection, comedy, and critique--the vocabulary of academic theory collides with American slang and the idiom of the Old Testament meets the jargon of the Internet to display an eclectic sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Lerner\u003c\/b\u003e, the youngest poet ever published by Copper Canyon Press, is co-founder of \u003ci\u003eNo: a journal of the arts\u003c\/i\u003e. He earned an MFA from Brown University and is currently a Fulbright scholar in Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 7.06w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2005 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2004 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ben Lerner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659688407196,"sku":"9781556592119","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_85aa25dd-74e9-4190-b5ba-f0b373ec3d73.jpg?v=1603895275","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lichtenberg-figures-9781556592119","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}