{"product_id":"groucm","title":"Groundwork, by Christen Mattix","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from \u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThis first chapbook by Christen Mattix centers on a deep engagement with the rural and wild spaces of the Pacific Northwest. Mattix begins with what is under her feet or near at hand—a maple seed, or a fern. These humble beginnings prove unexpectedly fecund, giving rise to deeply-felt poems that touch universal themes of joy, grief, and homecoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eMattix’s sensitive ear, eye, and heart are showcased in these poems which beg to be read outloud. Anything but literal, these poems are acts of imaginative power in a voice that ranges from playful to sublime. Drawing from diverse formats including recipes, the news, and even to-do lists, Mattix breaks new ground for herself, and, in the process, invites us to rediscover the enchantment hidden within the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eChristen Mattix is an experimental poet and painter, born 1977 in Seattle, WA. Her poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003ePsaltery and Lyre\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCatacombs Press\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShoreline Poetry Zine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSeen Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Meeting Place\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. Mattix’s poems are published in these anthologies: \u003cem\u003eTo Sing the Salmon Home\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Empty Bowl Press, and \u003cem\u003eFor The Love of Orcas\u003c\/em\u003e, of Wandering Aengus Press. Mattix has an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and a BFA from Western Washington University. christenmattix.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christen Mattix","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":51633245618491,"sku":"GROUCM","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":51633245651259,"sku":"GROUCMe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/Groundwork5_cover.png?v=1788125990","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/groucm","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}