{"product_id":"counnam","title":"Count the Dark, by Noah Anthony Mezzacappa","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 40 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn old man runs his fingers through a candle flame. A young boy carves a crucifix into his skin. A dream brings back memories of a haunted house. ‘I told you, right? That \/ I’ve been wearing my glasses \/ again.’ So begins \u003cem\u003eCount the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of poems intent on unearthing what would rather stay hidden: the word on the tip of the tongue, the thought in the back of the mind, the shape in the corner of the eye.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSet against a backdrop of highways, nursing homes, and ghost towns, the twenty-three poems in this collection present an array of characters and narrators both foreign and familiar, each of whom is confronted with some form of loss—of love, of life, of sense. In its wake they all struggle for solid ground, only to find more water beneath. At its core, \u003cem\u003eCount the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e asks us, what’s left in the space left behind?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNoah Anthony Mezzacappa is a Brooklyn-based writer and filmmaker from Knoxville, Tennessee. He is a graduate of New York University, where he studied film production and English literature. His most recent film, \u003cem\u003eBones\u003c\/em\u003e, premiered at the Nashville Film Festival and is now available to stream. In addition to his narrative work, he is the in-house video director for New York label Chinatown Records. He is a huge fan of hip hop, Jason Isbell, and 99¢ pizza. \u003cem\u003eCount the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e is his first collection of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noah Anthony Mezzacappa","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47461326061883,"sku":"COUNNAM","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47461326094651,"sku":"COUNNAMe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/darkfront_eb7e6014-ee2c-413d-be1a-79cd977d4c0e.png?v=1701722304","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/counnam","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}