{"product_id":"selfnr","title":"self portrait as several clusters of stars, by nat raum","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProse, chapbook, 24 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 href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eself portrait as several clusters of stars\u003c\/em\u003e draws inspiration from Ross Gay’s essayettes to paint a portrait of the author through astrology. Ridiculed by many as fake or useless, astrology often has an uncanny way of explaining personality traits and behavior patterns. In this collection, nat raum examines the ways their eleven core astrological placements manifest in their life—good, bad, or ugly.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile they have established themself as a poet and visual artist, \u003cem\u003eself portrait as several clusters of stars\u003c\/em\u003e represents a new direction for nat raum: their first published collection of prose. Inspired by Gay and Mary Ruefle, raum blends humor and their signature navel-gazing memoir to create an intimate portrait of themself and their birth chart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enat raum (b. 1996) is a disabled artist, writer, and genderless disaster from Baltimore, MD. They’re a current MFA candidate at the University of Baltimore and also hold a BFA in photography and book arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. nat is also the editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003efifth wheel press\u003c\/em\u003e and the author of \u003cem\u003epreparatory school for the end of the world\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eyou stupid slut\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003especter dust\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Past publishers of their writing include \u003cem\u003eDelicate Friend\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eperhappened\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCorporeal Lit\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003etrampset\u003c\/em\u003e. Find them online: natraum.com\/links.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nat raum","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":44228702568763,"sku":"SELFNR","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":44228702601531,"sku":"SELFNRe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/clustersfront.png?v=1677875925","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/selfnr","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}