{"product_id":"urban-tumbleweed-notes-from-a-tanka-diary-9781555976569","title":"Urban Tumbleweed: Notes from a Tanka Diary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Harryette Mullen is a magician of words, phrases, and songs . . . No voice in contemporary poetry is quite as original, cosmopolitan, witty, and tragic.\" --Susan Stewart, citation for the Academy of American Poets Fellowship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrban tumbleweed, some people call it, \u003cbr\u003ediscarded plastic bag we see in every city\u003cbr\u003eblown down the street with vagrant wind.\u003cbr\u003e --from \u003ci\u003eUrban Tumbleweed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban Tumbleweed\u003c\/i\u003e is the poet Harryette Mullen's exploration of spaces where the city and the natural world collide. Written out of a daily practice of walking, Mullen's stanzas adapt the traditional Japanese tanka, a poetic form suited for recording fleeting impressions, describing environmental transitions, and contemplating the human being's place in the natural world. But, as she writes in her preface, \"What is natural about being human? What to make of a city dweller taking a 'nature walk' in a public park while listening to a podcast with ear-bud headphones?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.05h x 6.02w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2013 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harryette Mullen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659644235932,"sku":"9781555976569","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d064eb83-3019-4654-bab9-f696b560c948.jpg?v=1603895193","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/urban-tumbleweed-notes-from-a-tanka-diary-9781555976569","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}