{"product_id":"american-experiment-a-poem-volume-42-paperback","title":"American Experiment: A Poem Volume 42 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAmerican Experiment\u003c\/i\u003e, Aaron Baker embarks on a harrowing odyssey through the depths of the American subconscious. Guided by the spirit of Walt Whitman (a character of somewhat suspect motives in this iteration), Baker's Dantean journey leads him through an ever more perilous underworld of American histories, myths, and mythmakers. Chronicling the pair's transcontinental passage from west to east (a kind of reverse Manifest Destiny), Baker offers a radical reimagining of Whitman's legacy, American poetry, and the role of the poet while inviting us to confront echoes of the nation's past and the enduring complexities of its present. With formal innovations that mirror the fluidity of Whitman's verse, Baker adds qualities of verbal subtlety and formal nimbleness perhaps more typical of Whitman's then mostly unknown contemporary, Emily Dickinson. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Experiment\u003c\/i\u003e offers both narrative sweep and lyrical intensity, engaging deeply with literary history while relentlessly pushing the boundaries of poetic technique and form. This journey through hell is also a sustained meditation on the soul of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAARON BAKER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two award-winning collections of poems: \u003ci\u003eMission Work\u003c\/i\u003e (Houghton Mifflin), which won both the Katherine Bakeless Prize in Poetry and the Shenandoah\/Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers, and \u003ci\u003ePosthumous Noon\u003c\/i\u003e (Gunpowder Press), winner of the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. He teaches in the creative writing program at Loyola University Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9.01 x 7.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45991545274565,"sku":"9781680034561","price":31.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/Mbg9NF302e9781680034561.webp?v=1774205687","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/american-experiment-a-poem-volume-42-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}