{"product_id":"scriptorium","title":"Scriptorium","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Poetry Series Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA collection of poems exploring religious and linguistic authority, from medieval England to contemporary Appalachia—with a foreword by Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eScriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e are primarily concerned with questions of religious authority. The medieval scriptorium, the central image of the collection, stands for that authority but also for its subversion; it is both a place where religious ideas are codified in writing and a place where an individual scribe might, with a sly movement of the pen, express unorthodox religious thoughts and experiences. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In addition to exploring the ways language is used, or abused, to claim religious authority, \u003ci\u003eScriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e also addresses the authority of the vernacular in various time periods and places, particularly in the Appalachian slang of the author’s East Tennessee upbringing. Throughout \u003ci\u003eScriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e, the historical mingles with the personal: poems about medieval art, theology, and verse share space with poems that chronicle personal struggles with faith and doubt.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57321234104702,"sku":"NW9780807094440","price":14.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780807094440.jpg?v=1778686365","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/scriptorium","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}