{"product_id":"stonmb","title":"Stone Math, by Mike Bove","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eProse poetry, chapbook, 36 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\"\u003eWritten during a writing residency with the National Park Service at Acadia National Park in Maine, the block form poems in \u003cem\u003eStone Math\u003c\/em\u003e reflect the layered experience of engaging with public lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eFluctuations between calm and chaos, peace and violence, are part of the collective human story. The history of Acadia is a history of ice and magma, of destruction and construction, of lives both human and animal. It is a history of continual change, one that must be recognized as past drifts toward future, and it is proof that one result of upheaval is staggering beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eTime is the force from which all other forces are born, shaping the land before our eyes. Like rock strata, stories are added and subtracted, forgotten and remembered. Lands and peoples are divided and brought together, again and again. Natural places deserve active reverence, a stewardship fueled by deep respect and appreciation for the sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eMike Bove is the author of five poetry collections and a novella, \u003cem\u003eA Catalog of Imaginary Houses\u003c\/em\u003e, forthcoming from Split\/Lip Press. His work has appeared in journals including \u003cem\u003eRattle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBaltimore Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTar River Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSouthern Humanities Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and others. In 2024, he served as writer-in-residence at Acadia National Park. He is Editor of \u003cem\u003eHole in the Head Review\u003c\/em\u003e, a biannual poetry journal, and Professor of English at Southern Maine Community College. He lives with his family in Portland, Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mike Bove","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":51499943002427,"sku":"STONMB","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":51499943035195,"sku":"STONMBe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/stone_cover.png?v=1784740177","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/stonmb","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}