{"product_id":"metacbd","title":"Metadata, by Callie B. Dean","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eProse poetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIn a world where supercomputers and large language models process billions of bits of data every day, \u003cem\u003eMetadata\u003c\/em\u003e reflects on the role of technology in modern society. Its short, surreal, and sometimes absurd prose poems highlight the ways that technology can foster both connection and disconnection. Inspired as much by spreadsheets and datasets as by bumblebees and tree rings, this collection asks big questions about humanity and transcendence within each small, quirky block of text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eMetadata is Callie B. Dean’s first chapbook. The prose poems in this collection were commissioned by the Shreveport Regional Arts Council through its annual Critical Mass exhibition. In spring of 2025, these poems appeared as part of an interactive installation of poetry and data visualizations, entitled \u003cem\u003eData Is Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, at Artspace gallery in Shreveport, Louisiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eCallie B. Dean is a writer, musician, and program evaluator living in Shreveport, Louisiana. She serves as an editorial assistant for \u003cem\u003eLiterary Mama\u003c\/em\u003e and blogs for the STEM Tuesday team at \u003cem\u003eFrom the Mixed-Up Files . . . of Middle-Grade Authors\u003c\/em\u003e. Her essays and poetry have been published at \u003cem\u003eCoffee + Crumbs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJMWW\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Compressed Creative Arts\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIn Short Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Her first children’s book, \u003cem\u003eMarvelous Mistakes: Accidents That Made History\u003c\/em\u003e, will launch in October 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Callie B. Dean","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":50286207369531,"sku":"METACBD","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50286207402299,"sku":"METACBDe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/metadatafront.png?v=1747060747","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/metacbd","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}