{"product_id":"copia-9781938160462","title":"Copia","description":"Erika Meitner's fourth book grapples with the widespread implications of commercialism and over-consumption, particularly in exurban America. Documentary poems originally commissioned by \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e examine the now-bankrupt city of Detroit, once the thriving heart of the American Dream. Meitner probes the hulking ruins of office buildings, tract housing, superstores, construction sites, and freeways--exposing a vacuous world of decay and abandonment--while holding out hope for re-birth from ashes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecause it is an uninhabited place, because it\u003cbr\u003emakes me hollow, I pried open the pages of\u003cbr\u003eDetroit: the houses blanked out, factories\u003cbr\u003eabsorbed back into ghetto palms and scrub-\u003cbr\u003eoak, piles of tires, heaps of cement block.\u003cbr\u003eVines knock and enter through shattered\u003cbr\u003edrop-ceilings, glassless windows. Ragwort\u003cbr\u003ecracks the street's asphalt to unsolvable\u003cbr\u003epuzzles.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErika Meitner\u003c\/b\u003e was a 2009 National Poetry Series winner. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2011\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is associate professor of English at Virginia Tech.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erika Meitner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 8.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938160462","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48296610463881,"sku":"9781938160462","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_90080d35-a916-4e26-83c3-cae8e3b67afd.jpg?v=1788843834","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/copia-9781938160462","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}