{"product_id":"fortds","title":"For the Dead Dreams of Others, by Dan Schall","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 44 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" 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\"\u003eA man is stung by a wasp who claims to be his dead father. Another pictures gangsters in his blood during a cardiology exam. The angel Gabriel plays practical jokes at God’s dinner table. And an absent-minded homebody ponders microplastics in the ocean. In his debut chapbook, \u003cem\u003eFor the Dead Dreams of Others\u003c\/em\u003e, Dan Schall explores these and other moments of tension and strangeness. The poems in this collection confront questions of spirituality, our changing climate, a disintegrating biosphere, and the risks we take in baring ourselves to those we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eSpanning fantasy and prayer, memory and incantation, \u003cem\u003eFor the Dead Dreams of Others\u003c\/em\u003e juxtaposes geopolitical conflicts and identity-scraping technology with interpersonal struggles of family and faith, interrogating how we reconcile self-perceptions with the moral and ethical struggles that surround us. Set against a backdrop of extreme global consumption, Schall’s fourteen poems evoke a contemporary desperation for understanding in our increasingly fractured world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eDan Schall is a poet and teacher. He earned his MFA in Writing from Lindenwood University, and his work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Citron Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStone Circle Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other journals. He lives in Pennsylvania with his spouse, where he is also an avid birder, gamer and crafter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Schall","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":50420511146299,"sku":"FORTDS","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50420511179067,"sku":"FORTDSe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/dreamsfront.png?v=1751996205","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/fortds","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}