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{"id":6562126561369,"title":"Temptation — Kennedy '76","handle":"temptation-kennedy-76","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Douglas Kennedy, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike all would-be Hollywood screenwriters, David Armitage wants to be rich and famous. But for the past eleven years, he's tasted nothing but failure. Then, out of nowhere, luck comes his way when one of his scripts is bought for television. Suddenly, he's the new toast of Hollywood as the creator of a hit series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new player in Tinsel Town, David reinvents himself at great speed -- notably and especially by walking out on his wife and daughter for a young producer who worships only at the altar of ambition. But David's upward mobility takes a decidedly strange turn when a billionaire film buff named Philip Fleck barges into his life, proposing a very curious collaboration. David takes the bait, and finds he has inadvertently entered a Faustian Pact, one that results in an express ride to the lower depths of the Hollywood jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-16T16:56:03-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-16T16:53:23-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1600,"price_min":1600,"price_max":1600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1600,"compare_at_price_min":1600,"compare_at_price_max":1600,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39307093049433,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA366-Kennedy","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Temptation — Kennedy '76","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1600,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781451602104","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba366-kennedy-tempt.jpg?v=1618606504"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba366-kennedy-tempt.jpg?v=1618606504","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Temptation by Douglas Kennedy","id":20350397218905,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba366-kennedy-tempt.jpg?v=1618606504"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba366-kennedy-tempt.jpg?v=1618606504","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Douglas Kennedy, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike all would-be Hollywood screenwriters, David Armitage wants to be rich and famous. But for the past eleven years, he's tasted nothing but failure. Then, out of nowhere, luck comes his way when one of his scripts is bought for television. Suddenly, he's the new toast of Hollywood as the creator of a hit series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new player in Tinsel Town, David reinvents himself at great speed -- notably and especially by walking out on his wife and daughter for a young producer who worships only at the altar of ambition. But David's upward mobility takes a decidedly strange turn when a billionaire film buff named Philip Fleck barges into his life, proposing a very curious collaboration. David takes the bait, and finds he has inadvertently entered a Faustian Pact, one that results in an express ride to the lower depths of the Hollywood jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6562112995417,"title":"I, Grape — Clarke","handle":"i-grape-clarke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Brock Clarke\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/b\/bclarke2\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/b\/bclarke2\/\"\u003eProfessor of English\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fifteen sharply engaging essays, acclaimed novelist and short story writer Brock Clarke examines the art (and artifice) of fiction from unpredictable, entertaining, and often personal angles, positing through a slant scrutiny of place, voice, and syntax what fiction can—and can’t—do. (“Very: is there a weaker, sadder, more futile word in the English language?”)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Clarke supports his case with passages by and about writers who have both influenced and irritated him. Pieces such as “What the Cold Can Teach Us,” “The Case for Meanness,” “Why Good Literature Makes Us Bad People,” and “The Novel is Dead; Long Live the Novel” celebrate the achievements of master practitioners such as Muriel Spark, Joy Williams, Donald Barthelme, Flannery O’Connor, Paul Beatty, George Saunders, John Cheever, and Colson Whitehead. Of particular interest to Clarke is the contentious divide between fiction and memoir, which he investigates using recent and relevant critical arguments, also tackling ancillary forms such as “fictional memoir” and the autobiographical novel.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Anecdotal and unabashed, rigorous and piercingly perceptive—not to mention flat-out funny—\u003cem\u003eI\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Grape\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e or The Case for Fiction \u003c\/em\u003eis a love letter to and a passionate defense of the discipline to which its author has devoted his life and mind. It is also an attempt to eff the ineffable: “That is one of the basic tenets of this book: when we write fiction, surprising things sometimes happen, especially when fiction writers take advantage of their chosen form’s contrarian ability to surprise.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-09-07T16:56:10-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-16T16:24:15-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":1700,"price_min":1700,"price_max":1700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1700,"compare_at_price_min":1700,"compare_at_price_max":1700,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39307063754841,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF365","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"I, Grape — Clarke","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1700,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1700,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781946724366","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf365-clarke-grape.jpg?v=1618604687"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf365-clarke-grape.jpg?v=1618604687","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"I, Grape; or The Case for Fiction, by Brock Clarke","id":20350316085337,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf365-clarke-grape.jpg?v=1618604687"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf365-clarke-grape.jpg?v=1618604687","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Brock Clarke\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/b\/bclarke2\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/b\/bclarke2\/\"\u003eProfessor of English\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fifteen sharply engaging essays, acclaimed novelist and short story writer Brock Clarke examines the art (and artifice) of fiction from unpredictable, entertaining, and often personal angles, positing through a slant scrutiny of place, voice, and syntax what fiction can—and can’t—do. (“Very: is there a weaker, sadder, more futile word in the English language?”)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Clarke supports his case with passages by and about writers who have both influenced and irritated him. Pieces such as “What the Cold Can Teach Us,” “The Case for Meanness,” “Why Good Literature Makes Us Bad People,” and “The Novel is Dead; Long Live the Novel” celebrate the achievements of master practitioners such as Muriel Spark, Joy Williams, Donald Barthelme, Flannery O’Connor, Paul Beatty, George Saunders, John Cheever, and Colson Whitehead. Of particular interest to Clarke is the contentious divide between fiction and memoir, which he investigates using recent and relevant critical arguments, also tackling ancillary forms such as “fictional memoir” and the autobiographical novel.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Anecdotal and unabashed, rigorous and piercingly perceptive—not to mention flat-out funny—\u003cem\u003eI\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Grape\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e or The Case for Fiction \u003c\/em\u003eis a love letter to and a passionate defense of the discipline to which its author has devoted his life and mind. It is also an attempt to eff the ineffable: “That is one of the basic tenets of this book: when we write fiction, surprising things sometimes happen, especially when fiction writers take advantage of their chosen form’s contrarian ability to surprise.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6557973577817,"title":"Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra — Padma","handle":"buddhism-in-the-krishna-river-valley-of-andhra-padma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Sree Padma, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/staff\/spadma\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sree Padma faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eResearch Associate in Asian Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand A.W. Barber\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffering perspectives from a distinguished group of international scholars, this book provides a multidisciplinary inquiry into the various forms of Buddhism that thrived during the early centuries of the common era in the Krishna River Valley areas of what is now the modern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The contributors explore not only the factors that led to the rise of Buddhist communities, but also the significance of these early Buddhist communities in the unfolding of the greater history of Buddhism throughout the Asian world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-09T15:36:49-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-09T15:36:38-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":6500,"price_min":6500,"price_max":6500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":6500,"compare_at_price_min":6500,"compare_at_price_max":6500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39300412964953,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF362-Padma","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra — Padma","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":6500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":6500,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780791474853","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf362-padma-buddhi.jpg?v=1617997000"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf362-padma-buddhi.jpg?v=1617997000","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra by Sree Padma","id":20333457178713,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf362-padma-buddhi.jpg?v=1617997000"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf362-padma-buddhi.jpg?v=1617997000","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Sree Padma, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/staff\/spadma\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sree Padma faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eResearch Associate in Asian Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand A.W. Barber\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffering perspectives from a distinguished group of international scholars, this book provides a multidisciplinary inquiry into the various forms of Buddhism that thrived during the early centuries of the common era in the Krishna River Valley areas of what is now the modern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The contributors explore not only the factors that led to the rise of Buddhist communities, but also the significance of these early Buddhist communities in the unfolding of the greater history of Buddhism throughout the Asian world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6557968302169,"title":"Shen Gua’s Empiricism — Zuo","handle":"shen-gua-s-empiricism-zuo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Ya Zuo, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShen Gua (1031–1095) is a household name in China, known as a distinguished renaissance man and the author of \u003ci\u003eBrush Talks from Dream Brook\u003c\/i\u003e, an old text whose remarkable “scientific” discoveries make it appear curiously ahead of its time. In this first book-length study of Shen in English, Ya Zuo reveals the connection between Shen’s life as an active statesman and his ideas, specifically the empirical stance manifested through his wide-ranging inquiries. She places Shen on the broad horizon of premodern Chinese thought, and presents his empiricism within an extensive narrative of Chinese epistemology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clear\" id=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelying on Shen as a searchlight, Zuo focuses in on how an individual thinker summoned conditions and concepts from the vast Chinese intellectual tradition to build a singular way of knowing. Moreover, her study of Shen provides insights into the complex dynamics in play at the dawn of the age of Neo-Confucianism and compels readers to achieve a deeper appreciation of the diversity in Chinese thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-09T15:24:00-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-09T15:23:24-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":4995,"price_min":4995,"price_max":4995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":4995,"compare_at_price_min":4995,"compare_at_price_max":4995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39300402446425,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF361","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Shen Gua’s Empiricism — Zuo","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":4995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":4995,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780674987111","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf361-zuo-shen.jpg?v=1617996257"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf361-zuo-shen.jpg?v=1617996257","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Shen Gua's Empiricism by Ya Zuo","id":20333425721433,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf361-zuo-shen.jpg?v=1617996257"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf361-zuo-shen.jpg?v=1617996257","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Ya Zuo, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShen Gua (1031–1095) is a household name in China, known as a distinguished renaissance man and the author of \u003ci\u003eBrush Talks from Dream Brook\u003c\/i\u003e, an old text whose remarkable “scientific” discoveries make it appear curiously ahead of its time. In this first book-length study of Shen in English, Ya Zuo reveals the connection between Shen’s life as an active statesman and his ideas, specifically the empirical stance manifested through his wide-ranging inquiries. She places Shen on the broad horizon of premodern Chinese thought, and presents his empiricism within an extensive narrative of Chinese epistemology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clear\" id=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelying on Shen as a searchlight, Zuo focuses in on how an individual thinker summoned conditions and concepts from the vast Chinese intellectual tradition to build a singular way of knowing. Moreover, her study of Shen provides insights into the complex dynamics in play at the dawn of the age of Neo-Confucianism and compels readers to achieve a deeper appreciation of the diversity in Chinese thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}

{"id":6557965877337,"title":"Nature Behind Barbed Wire — Chiang","handle":"nature-behind-barbed-wire-chiang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Connie Chiang, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/cchiang\/index.html\" title=\"Connie Chiang faculty profile\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/cchiang\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDirector of Environmental Studies Program and Professor of History and Environmental Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mass imprisonment of over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II was one of the most egregious violations of civil liberties in United States history. Removed from their homes on the temperate Pacific Coast, Japanese Americans spent the war years in desolate camps in the nation's interior. Photographers including Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange visually captured these camps in images that depicted the environment as a source of both hope and hardship. And yet the literature on incarceration has most often focused on the legal and citizenship statuses of the incarcerees, their political struggles with the US government, and their oral testimony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNature Behind Barbed Wire\u003c\/em\u003e shifts the focus to the environment. It explores how the landscape shaped the experiences of both Japanese Americans and federal officials who worked for the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the civilian agency that administered the camps. The complexities of the natural world both enhanced and constrained the WRA's power and provided Japanese Americans with opportunities to redefine the terms and conditions of their confinement. Even as the environment compounded their feelings of despair and outrage, the incarcerees also found that their agency in transforming and adapting to the natural world could help them survive and contest their incarceration. Japanese Americans and WRA officials negotiated the terms of confinement with each other and with a dynamic natural world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, as Connie Chiang demonstrates, the Japanese American incarceration was fundamentally an environmental story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-09T15:16:14-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-09T15:16:13-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":3799,"price_min":3799,"price_max":3799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3700,"compare_at_price_min":3700,"compare_at_price_max":3700,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39300396089433,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF360-Chiang","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Nature Behind Barbed Wire — Chiang","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3799,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3700,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780190842062","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf360-chiang-nature.jpg?v=1617995775"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf360-chiang-nature.jpg?v=1617995775","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Nature Behind Barbed Wire by Connie Chiang","id":20333411336281,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf360-chiang-nature.jpg?v=1617995775"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf360-chiang-nature.jpg?v=1617995775","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Connie Chiang, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/cchiang\/index.html\" title=\"Connie Chiang faculty profile\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/cchiang\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDirector of Environmental Studies Program and Professor of History and Environmental Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mass imprisonment of over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II was one of the most egregious violations of civil liberties in United States history. Removed from their homes on the temperate Pacific Coast, Japanese Americans spent the war years in desolate camps in the nation's interior. Photographers including Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange visually captured these camps in images that depicted the environment as a source of both hope and hardship. And yet the literature on incarceration has most often focused on the legal and citizenship statuses of the incarcerees, their political struggles with the US government, and their oral testimony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNature Behind Barbed Wire\u003c\/em\u003e shifts the focus to the environment. It explores how the landscape shaped the experiences of both Japanese Americans and federal officials who worked for the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the civilian agency that administered the camps. The complexities of the natural world both enhanced and constrained the WRA's power and provided Japanese Americans with opportunities to redefine the terms and conditions of their confinement. Even as the environment compounded their feelings of despair and outrage, the incarcerees also found that their agency in transforming and adapting to the natural world could help them survive and contest their incarceration. Japanese Americans and WRA officials negotiated the terms of confinement with each other and with a dynamic natural world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, as Connie Chiang demonstrates, the Japanese American incarceration was fundamentally an environmental story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6557962993753,"title":"Glorious One-Pot Meals — Yarnell '91","handle":"glorious-one-pot-meals-yarnell-91","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Yarnell, Class of 1991\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Yarnell developed her revolutionary infusion-cooking method to avoid often mushy slow-cooker results and to make cooking and cleaning up after dinner a breeze. Now anyone with too many tasks and not enough time can use her technique to get dinner on the table in an hour or less, with no more than twenty minutes of hands-on prep work—and just one pot to clean. All it takes is a Dutch oven and a few basic fresh or even frozen ingredients layered–never stirred. \u003cem\u003eGlorious One-Pot Meals\u003c\/em\u003e provides the most convenient method yet of serving highly nutritious, satisfying suppers every night of the week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-09T15:06:47-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-09T15:06:46-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Cookbooks"],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1795,"compare_at_price_min":1795,"compare_at_price_max":1795,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39300391731289,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA359-Yarnell","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Glorious One-Pot Meals — Yarnell '91","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1795,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780767930109","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba359-yarnell-glorious.jpg?v=1617995208"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba359-yarnell-glorious.jpg?v=1617995208","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Glorious One-Pot Meals by Elizabeth Yarnell","id":20333391315033,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba359-yarnell-glorious.jpg?v=1617995208"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba359-yarnell-glorious.jpg?v=1617995208","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Yarnell, Class of 1991\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Yarnell developed her revolutionary infusion-cooking method to avoid often mushy slow-cooker results and to make cooking and cleaning up after dinner a breeze. Now anyone with too many tasks and not enough time can use her technique to get dinner on the table in an hour or less, with no more than twenty minutes of hands-on prep work—and just one pot to clean. All it takes is a Dutch oven and a few basic fresh or even frozen ingredients layered–never stirred. \u003cem\u003eGlorious One-Pot Meals\u003c\/em\u003e provides the most convenient method yet of serving highly nutritious, satisfying suppers every night of the week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6557958275161,"title":"A Ready-Made Life — trans. by Fulton '70","handle":"a-ready-made-life-trans-by-fulton-70","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected and translated by Bruce Fulton, Bowdoin Class of 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand Kim Chong-un\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Ready Made Life\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume of early modern Korean fiction to appear in English in the U.S. Written between 1921 and 1943, the sixteen stories are an excellent introduction to the riches of modern Korean fiction. They reveal a variety of settings, voices, styles, and thematic concerns, and the best of them, masterpieces written mainly in the mid-1930s, display an impressive artistic maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded among these authors are Hwang Sun-won, modern Korea's greatest short story writer; Kim Tong-in, regarded by many as the author who best captures the essence of the Korean identity; Ch'ae Man-shik, a master of irony; Yi Sang, a prominent modernist; Kim Yu-jong, whose stories are marked by a unique blend of earthy humor and compassion; Yi Kwang-su and Kim Tong-ni, modernizers of the language of twentieth-century Korean fiction; and Yi Ki-yúng, Yi T'ae-jun, and Pak T'ae-won, three writers who migrated to North Korea shortly after Liberation in 1945 and whose works were subsequently banned in South Korea until democratization in the late 1980s. One way of reading the stories, all of which were written during the Japanese occupation, is that beneath their often oppressive and gloomy surface lies an anticolonial subtext. They can also be read as a collective record of a people whose life choices were severely restricted, not just by colonization, but by education (either too little or too much, as the title story shows) and by a highly structured society that had little tolerance for those who overstepped its boundaries. Life was unremittingly onerous for many Koreans during this period, whatever their social background. In the stories, educated city folk fare little better than farmers and laborers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e A Ready-Made Life\u003c\/em\u003e will provide scholars and students with crucial access to the literature of Korea's colonial period. A generous opening essay discusses the collection in the context of modern Korean literary history, and short introductions precede each story. Here is a richly diverse testament to a modern literature that is poised to assume a long overdue place in world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-09T14:56:18-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-09T14:56:08-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1595,"price_min":1595,"price_max":1595,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1595,"compare_at_price_min":1595,"compare_at_price_max":1595,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39300380721241,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA358-Fulton","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Ready-Made Life — trans. by Fulton '70","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0824820711T","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba358-fulton-ready.jpg?v=1617994570"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba358-fulton-ready.jpg?v=1617994570","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"A Ready-Made Life: Early Masters of Modern Korean Fiction","id":20333362675801,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba358-fulton-ready.jpg?v=1617994570"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba358-fulton-ready.jpg?v=1617994570","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected and translated by Bruce Fulton, Bowdoin Class of 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand Kim Chong-un\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Ready Made Life\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume of early modern Korean fiction to appear in English in the U.S. Written between 1921 and 1943, the sixteen stories are an excellent introduction to the riches of modern Korean fiction. 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{"id":6557393846361,"title":"Shaping the Shoreline — Chiang","handle":"shaping-the-shoreline-chiang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Connie Chiang, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/cchiang\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Connie Chiang faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDirector of Environmental Studies Program and Professor of History and Environmental Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Monterey coast, home to an acclaimed aquarium and the setting for John Steinbeck's classic novel \u003ci\u003eCannery Row\u003c\/i\u003e, was also the stage for a historical junction of industry and tourism. \u003ci\u003eShaping the Shoreline\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the ways in which Monterey has formed, and been formed by, the tension between labor and leisure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnie Y. Chiang examines Monterey's development from a seaside resort into a working-class fishing town and, finally, into a tourist attraction again. Through the subjects of work, recreation, and environment -- the intersections of which are applicable to communities across the United States and abroad -- she documents the struggles and contests over this magnificent coastal region. By tracing Monterey's shift from what was once the literal Cannery Row to an iconic hub that now houses an aquarium in which nature is replicated to attract tourists, the interactions of people with nature continues to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on histories of immigration, unionization, and the impact of national and international events, Chiang explores the reciprocal relationship between social and environmental change. By integrating topics such as race, ethnicity, and class into environmental history, Chiang illustrates the idea that work and play are not mutually exclusive endeavors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-08T16:49:51-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-08T16:49:50-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":2500,"price_min":2500,"price_max":2500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2500,"compare_at_price_min":2500,"compare_at_price_max":2500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39299498704985,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF356-Chiang","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Shaping the Shoreline — Chiang","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2500,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780295991399","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf356-chiang-shaping.jpg?v=1617914992"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf356-chiang-shaping.jpg?v=1617914992","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Shaping the Shoreline by Connie Y. Chiang","id":20330956357721,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf356-chiang-shaping.jpg?v=1617914992"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf356-chiang-shaping.jpg?v=1617914992","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Connie Chiang, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/cchiang\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Connie Chiang faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDirector of Environmental Studies Program and Professor of History and Environmental Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Monterey coast, home to an acclaimed aquarium and the setting for John Steinbeck's classic novel \u003ci\u003eCannery Row\u003c\/i\u003e, was also the stage for a historical junction of industry and tourism. \u003ci\u003eShaping the Shoreline\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the ways in which Monterey has formed, and been formed by, the tension between labor and leisure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnie Y. Chiang examines Monterey's development from a seaside resort into a working-class fishing town and, finally, into a tourist attraction again. Through the subjects of work, recreation, and environment -- the intersections of which are applicable to communities across the United States and abroad -- she documents the struggles and contests over this magnificent coastal region. By tracing Monterey's shift from what was once the literal Cannery Row to an iconic hub that now houses an aquarium in which nature is replicated to attract tourists, the interactions of people with nature continues to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on histories of immigration, unionization, and the impact of national and international events, Chiang explores the reciprocal relationship between social and environmental change. By integrating topics such as race, ethnicity, and class into environmental history, Chiang illustrates the idea that work and play are not mutually exclusive endeavors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6557388898393,"title":"African American Settlements in West Africa: John Brown Russwurm \u0026 the American Civilizing Efforts","handle":"african-american-settlements-in-west-africa-john-brown-russwurm-the-american-civilizing-efforts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Amos Beyan, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Western Michigan University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Brown Russwurm [Bowdoin Class of 1826] and African American Settlement in West Africa examines Russwurm's intellectual accomplishments and significant contributions to the black civil rights movement in America from 1826 - 1829, and more significantly explores the essential characteristics that distinguished his thoughts and endeavors from other black leaders in America, Liberia and Maryland in Liberia. Not surprisingly, the most controversial of Russwurm's ideas was his unwavering support of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and the Maryland State Colonization Society (MSCS), two organizations that most civil rights activists found racist and pro-slavery. Beyan probes the social and intellectual sources, underlying motives and the legacies of Russwurm's thoughts and endeavors, all in an attempt to dissect why Russwurm acted and made the choices that he did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-08T16:36:09-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-08T16:35:27-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","History"],"price":5500,"price_min":5500,"price_max":5500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":5500,"compare_at_price_min":5500,"compare_at_price_max":5500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39299490742361,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA355-Russwurm","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"African American Settlements in West Africa: John Brown Russwurm \u0026 the American Civilizing Efforts","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":5500,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"1403968918","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba355-beyan-african.jpg?v=1617914163"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba355-beyan-african.jpg?v=1617914163","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"African American Settlements in West Africa by Amos Beyan","id":20330942300249,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba355-beyan-african.jpg?v=1617914163"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba355-beyan-african.jpg?v=1617914163","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Amos Beyan, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Western Michigan University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Brown Russwurm [Bowdoin Class of 1826] and African American Settlement in West Africa examines Russwurm's intellectual accomplishments and significant contributions to the black civil rights movement in America from 1826 - 1829, and more significantly explores the essential characteristics that distinguished his thoughts and endeavors from other black leaders in America, Liberia and Maryland in Liberia. Not surprisingly, the most controversial of Russwurm's ideas was his unwavering support of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and the Maryland State Colonization Society (MSCS), two organizations that most civil rights activists found racist and pro-slavery. Beyan probes the social and intellectual sources, underlying motives and the legacies of Russwurm's thoughts and endeavors, all in an attempt to dissect why Russwurm acted and made the choices that he did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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James, his young son, who once was his father's shadow, distanced himself as he got older, and the disintegration of the family follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet primarily in Queens, New York in the late 1950s and 1960s, and Manhattan in the 1970s and early '80s, the story traces James Devlin and the relationships in his life, from a young boy to a married man, but it is the relationship with Dave Devlin that changes, from first putting his father on a pedestal to angering him by his reluctance to go to Vietnam, a war he feels is much different from his father's war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe topic of sports is a running theme throughout \u003cem\u003eLove's Not Over 'til It's Over\u003c\/em\u003e, as well seeking the answer to the question, what does it mean to be a man, not just an Irish Catholic man? James struggles with a genetic predisposition for alcohol, drugs and his own demons. Instead of going to Vietnam, James attends college and gets a law degree, eventually prosecuting an insider trading conspiracy that has reunited some characters from his past while posing both personal and professional dilemmas. James ultimately concludes, quoting Yogi Berra to his father, \"Maybe love's like baseball...It's not over 'til it's over.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-08T16:31:48-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-08T16:20:32-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1900,"price_min":1900,"price_max":1900,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1900,"compare_at_price_min":1900,"compare_at_price_max":1900,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39299479666777,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA354-Byrne","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Love's Not Over 'Til It's Over — Byrne '72","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1900,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1900,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780692873502","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba354-byrne-love.jpg?v=1617913234"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba354-byrne-love.jpg?v=1617913234","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Love's Not Over 'Til It's Over by Edward T. 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James, his young son, who once was his father's shadow, distanced himself as he got older, and the disintegration of the family follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet primarily in Queens, New York in the late 1950s and 1960s, and Manhattan in the 1970s and early '80s, the story traces James Devlin and the relationships in his life, from a young boy to a married man, but it is the relationship with Dave Devlin that changes, from first putting his father on a pedestal to angering him by his reluctance to go to Vietnam, a war he feels is much different from his father's war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe topic of sports is a running theme throughout \u003cem\u003eLove's Not Over 'til It's Over\u003c\/em\u003e, as well seeking the answer to the question, what does it mean to be a man, not just an Irish Catholic man? James struggles with a genetic predisposition for alcohol, drugs and his own demons. Instead of going to Vietnam, James attends college and gets a law degree, eventually prosecuting an insider trading conspiracy that has reunited some characters from his past while posing both personal and professional dilemmas. James ultimately concludes, quoting Yogi Berra to his father, \"Maybe love's like baseball...It's not over 'til it's over.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6557366583385,"title":"The Physical Comedy Handbook — Robinson","handle":"the-physical-comedy-handbook-robinson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Davis Robinson, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/drobinso\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Davis Robinson faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eProfessor of Theater\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough there are numerous books that examine physical comedy from a historic or aesthetic perspective, few provide guidance in how to do it. So where can actors and teachers go for instruction? To \u003ci\u003eThe Physical Comedy Handbook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Physical Comedy Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-of-a-kind resource for actors, teachers, and directors interested in physical comedy from slapstick pratfalls to the theater of the absurd. 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{"id":6557363470425,"title":"A Path to Peace — Mitchell '54","handle":"a-path-to-peace-mitchell-54","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy George Mitchell, Class of 1954\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe “illuminating” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) answer to why Israel and Palestine’s attempts at negotiation have failed and a practical, “admirably measured” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) roadmap for bringing peace to the Middle East—by an impartial American diplomat experienced in solving international conflicts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Mitchell knows how to bring peace to troubled regions. He was the primary architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement for peace in Northern Ireland. But when he served as US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from 2009 to 2011—working to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—diplomacy did not prevail. Now, for the first time, Mitchell offers his insider account of how the Israelis and the Palestinians have progressed (and regressed) in their negotiations through the years and outlines the specific concessions each side must make to finally achieve lasting peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-08T15:48:24-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-08T15:43:46-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","History"],"price":2600,"price_min":2600,"price_max":2600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2600,"compare_at_price_min":2600,"compare_at_price_max":2600,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39299447816281,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA351-Mitchell","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Path to Peace — Mitchell '54","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2600,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781501153914","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba351-mitchell-path.jpg?v=1617911028"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba351-mitchell-path.jpg?v=1617911028","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"A Path to Peace by George Mitchell, Class of 1954","id":20330880893017,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba351-mitchell-path.jpg?v=1617911028"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba351-mitchell-path.jpg?v=1617911028","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy George Mitchell, Class of 1954\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe “illuminating” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) answer to why Israel and Palestine’s attempts at negotiation have failed and a practical, “admirably measured” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) roadmap for bringing peace to the Middle East—by an impartial American diplomat experienced in solving international conflicts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Mitchell knows how to bring peace to troubled regions. He was the primary architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement for peace in Northern Ireland. But when he served as US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from 2009 to 2011—working to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—diplomacy did not prevail. Now, for the first time, Mitchell offers his insider account of how the Israelis and the Palestinians have progressed (and regressed) in their negotiations through the years and outlines the specific concessions each side must make to finally achieve lasting peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6557358522457,"title":"The Making of Delaware — Muhammad '73","handle":"the-making-of-delaware-muhammad-73","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Abdullah R. Muhammad, Class of 1973\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his book, \u003cem\u003eThe Making of Delaware: One Day at a Time\u003c\/em\u003e, Abdullah R. Muhammad provides a unique glimpse of Delaware history and the contributing role it has played in developing our nation. The author captures the historical essence of \"The First State\" in a way that should enlighten anyone who reads this important work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-08T15:30:55-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-08T15:26:48-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","History"],"price":2499,"price_min":2499,"price_max":2499,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2499,"compare_at_price_min":2499,"compare_at_price_max":2499,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39299434119257,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA350-Muhammad","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Making of Delaware — Muhammad '73","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2499,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2499,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781587660917","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba350-muhammad-making.jpg?v=1617910010"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba350-muhammad-making.jpg?v=1617910010","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Making of Delaware by Abdullah R. Muhammad, Class of 1973","id":20330862772313,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba350-muhammad-making.jpg?v=1617910010"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba350-muhammad-making.jpg?v=1617910010","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Abdullah R. Muhammad, Class of 1973\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his book, \u003cem\u003eThe Making of Delaware: One Day at a Time\u003c\/em\u003e, Abdullah R. Muhammad provides a unique glimpse of Delaware history and the contributing role it has played in developing our nation. The author captures the historical essence of \"The First State\" in a way that should enlighten anyone who reads this important work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":6554826309721,"title":"The Dove of Every Meanining — Wilson '81","handle":"the-dove-of-every-meanining-wilson-81","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Timothy Crawford Wilson, Class of 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Wilson captures the sweetness of words before they can escape and makes a spiritual wine that definitely refreshes the heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Steve Hemingway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T14:25:57-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T14:25:56-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1295,"compare_at_price_min":1295,"compare_at_price_max":1295,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293806641241,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA348-Wilson","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Dove of Every Meanining — Wilson '81","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1295,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781682731819","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba348-wilson-dove.jpg?v=1617387958"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba348-wilson-dove.jpg?v=1617387958","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Dove of Every Meaning, Poems by Timothy Wilson","id":20320585154649,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba348-wilson-dove.jpg?v=1617387958"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba348-wilson-dove.jpg?v=1617387958","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Timothy Crawford Wilson, Class of 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Wilson captures the sweetness of words before they can escape and makes a spiritual wine that definitely refreshes the heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Steve Hemingway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":6554798719065,"title":"Notes from a Nomad — Snyder '77","handle":"notes-from-a-nomad-snyder-77","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Sarah Dickenson Snyder, Class of 1977\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoet Sarah Dickenson Snyder moves between worlds as traveler and teacher — from the crowded streets of Hanoi, to Istanbul, Eleuthera, Machu Picchu, and Rwanda — where a woman sets down a heavy water jug, the scar on her arm \"a cracked map of what remains.\" Snyder's carefully observed \"earthbound stories\" teem with life as her lyrical voice plumbs the \"unsayable\" words, dust, and the \"billion trillion specks of light beyond our reach.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Wendy Drexler, \u003cem\u003eBefore There Was, Western Motel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T13:58:18-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T13:58:17-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1499,"compare_at_price_min":1499,"compare_at_price_max":1499,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293607936089,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA346-Snyder","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Notes from a Nomad — Snyder '77","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1499,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781635342048","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-snyder-notes.jpg?v=1617386344"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-snyder-notes.jpg?v=1617386344","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Notes from a Nomad, by Sarah Dickenson Snyder","id":20320508346457,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-snyder-notes.jpg?v=1617386344"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-snyder-notes.jpg?v=1617386344","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Sarah Dickenson Snyder, Class of 1977\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoet Sarah Dickenson Snyder moves between worlds as traveler and teacher — from the crowded streets of Hanoi, to Istanbul, Eleuthera, Machu Picchu, and Rwanda — where a woman sets down a heavy water jug, the scar on her arm \"a cracked map of what remains.\" Snyder's carefully observed \"earthbound stories\" teem with life as her lyrical voice plumbs the \"unsayable\" words, dust, and the \"billion trillion specks of light beyond our reach.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Wendy Drexler, \u003cem\u003eBefore There Was, Western Motel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":6554739212377,"title":"What You Know in Your Hands — Poliner '82","handle":"what-you-know-in-your-hands-poliner-82","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Poliner, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Poliner's poems are of painting, literature, and music, of family, memory, and loss. Whether set in Washington, D.C., the small Connecticut town of her childhood, or the coast of Maine, these poems speak with uncommon clarity and musicality as they explore the complexity of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T12:12:27-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T12:12:26-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1999,"price_min":1999,"price_max":1999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1999,"compare_at_price_min":1999,"compare_at_price_max":1999,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293527392345,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA343-Poliner","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"What You Know in Your Hands — Poliner '82","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1999,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781625491497","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"What You Know in Your Hands, Poems by Elizabeth Poliner","id":20320281854041,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Poliner, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Poliner's poems are of painting, literature, and music, of family, memory, and loss. Whether set in Washington, D.C., the small Connecticut town of her childhood, or the coast of Maine, these poems speak with uncommon clarity and musicality as they explore the complexity of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554733477977,"title":"Venison — Moeckel '93","handle":"venison-moeckel-93","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Thorpe Moeckel, Class of 1993\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFood doesn't get any more local, cosmic, primitive, tasty, or disturbing than in this book-length, lyrical-meditative poem. At stake are no less than the origins and mysteries of flesh and touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T12:00:43-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T12:00:15-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1795,"compare_at_price_min":1795,"compare_at_price_max":1795,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293520543833,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA342-Moeckel","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Venison — Moeckel '93","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1795,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780981968711","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-moeckel-venison.jpg?v=1617379217"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-moeckel-venison.jpg?v=1617379217","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Venison by Thorpe Moeckel, Class of 1993","id":20320250036313,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-moeckel-venison.jpg?v=1617379217"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-moeckel-venison.jpg?v=1617379217","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eBy Thorpe Moeckel, Class of 1993\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFood doesn't get any more local, cosmic, primitive, tasty, or disturbing than in this book-length, lyrical-meditative poem. At stake are no less than the origins and mysteries of flesh and touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554730496089,"title":"Laughing Cult — McCaffrey '79","handle":"laughing-cult-mccaffrey-79","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Kevin McCaffrey, Class of 1979\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the spirit and approach of Bertolt Brecht's \u003ci\u003eManual of Piety\u003c\/i\u003e, the poems of \u003ci\u003eLaughing Cult\u003c\/i\u003e often employ the structures of ballads, folksongs, and other traditional forms to create miniature sketches marked by romantic ambiguity, occultism, science fiction, and quirky angst. As cool in tone as a Lee Konitz solo and as lacking in affect as pop art, this first collection includes numerous poems that have appeared on the \u003ci\u003eExquisite Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e website. To shape something aesthetically charged out of the spent elements and enervated thoughts of a slowly failing society: that's the challenge \u003ci\u003eLaughing Cult\u003c\/i\u003e has set for itself. These are two-dimensional poems for a one-dimensional age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T11:55:10-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T11:55:09-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1395,"price_min":1395,"price_max":1395,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1395,"compare_at_price_min":1395,"compare_at_price_max":1395,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293517398105,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA343-McCaffrey","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Laughing Cult — McCaffrey '79","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1395,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1395,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781940423005","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-mccaffrey-laugh.jpg?v=1617378911"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-mccaffrey-laugh.jpg?v=1617378911","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Laughing Cult, Poems by Kevin McCaffrey","id":20320237551705,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-mccaffrey-laugh.jpg?v=1617378911"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-mccaffrey-laugh.jpg?v=1617378911","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Kevin McCaffrey, Class of 1979\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the spirit and approach of Bertolt Brecht's \u003ci\u003eManual of Piety\u003c\/i\u003e, the poems of \u003ci\u003eLaughing Cult\u003c\/i\u003e often employ the structures of ballads, folksongs, and other traditional forms to create miniature sketches marked by romantic ambiguity, occultism, science fiction, and quirky angst. As cool in tone as a Lee Konitz solo and as lacking in affect as pop art, this first collection includes numerous poems that have appeared on the \u003ci\u003eExquisite Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e website. To shape something aesthetically charged out of the spent elements and enervated thoughts of a slowly failing society: that's the challenge \u003ci\u003eLaughing Cult\u003c\/i\u003e has set for itself. These are two-dimensional poems for a one-dimensional age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554728595545,"title":"Prospect of Release — Mandel '71","handle":"prospect-of-release-mandel-71","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Tom Mandel, Class of 1971\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese 50 poems, 700 lines (neither number divisible by three), confront self, other, identity, loss, history, language and meaning through the most concrete instance we have of what poststructuralists call \"an absent presence\" — the death of a parent. This loss of apparent meaning (who gave you your name?) doubles (this father arrived by marriage, already a rhyme for the dead blood kin that came before), invoking tradition, transmission, instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T11:50:29-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T11:50:28-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1295,"compare_at_price_min":1295,"compare_at_price_max":1295,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293515399257,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA342-Mandel","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Prospect of Release — Mandel '71","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1295,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0925904112","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-mandel-prosp.jpg?v=1617378630"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-mandel-prosp.jpg?v=1617378630","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Prospect of Release by Tom Mandel","id":20320223625305,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-mandel-prosp.jpg?v=1617378630"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-mandel-prosp.jpg?v=1617378630","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Tom Mandel, Class of 1971\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese 50 poems, 700 lines (neither number divisible by three), confront self, other, identity, loss, history, language and meaning through the most concrete instance we have of what poststructuralists call \"an absent presence\" — the death of a parent. This loss of apparent meaning (who gave you your name?) doubles (this father arrived by marriage, already a rhyme for the dead blood kin that came before), invoking tradition, transmission, instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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