{"product_id":"and-to-ecstasy","title":"And to Ecstasy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eJudges' Comments \"\u003cem\u003eAnd to Ecstasy \u003c\/em\u003eis a work of witness to the layered spaces of history: ‘a voice singing to itself \/ above the spectacle of flame’. Agile and attentive, these poems map transits, moving between named and nameless places, ‘breath[ing] the momentary’ but probing beyond the corporeal and material to consider the spectral and spiritual. Open to mystery and discovery, the poems are openings, invitations to consider the flickering and provisional nature of human lives.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd to Ecstasy \u003c\/em\u003ebegins with the body in motion, expanding into the metaphysical and mystical. Mossammaparast’s is a poetic voice of great inventiveness and integrity. The poems are fresh and vital as they explore the transnational and political in novel ways. Mobile fragments suggest the exilic, while returns and echoes evoke forms of repair the work moves towards in its embrace of the ecstatic. Translation, transition and transcendence recur as motifs in this exhilarating collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd To Ecstasy\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic journey through space and time, projecting a transcendental element of reality. In her exquisite poems, Marjon Mossammaparast explores the physical experience of being human, bound to four dimensions, matching it with the belief we are also spirit beings. At its core, this work contemplates the desire to move beyond the limitations of bodies, and into an expanded metaphysical notion of identity, carried by intuition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e In its arrangement in three parts, the poet uses displaced fragments and mere glimpses; through call and response of landscapes and countries, there is a constancy and insistence of reconciliation. This is the language of the exile: not just geographically transposed, but through a spirit constrained by the physical and seeking return home— \"Where all that is vibrant vibrates beyond the sticking place of names to the borderfields where signs change their value: \u003ci\u003eSplit a piece of wood, and I am there; lift up the stone, and you will find me.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e ­\u003cbr\u003eMarjon Mossammaparast is a secondary school teacher of English residing in Melbourne. Her poetry has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend Australian Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSoutherly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMascara Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContrappasso\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAustralian Poetry Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eAntipodes\u003c\/i\u003e (US) and \u003ci\u003eThe Moth Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (UK). Her poem \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Revelation\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Ron Pretty Poetry Prize in 2016. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eThat Sight\u003c\/i\u003e (Cordite Books, 2018), was awarded the Mary Gilmore Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover Artwork by Penny Coss\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upswell Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42238582685751,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/7771\/2951\/files\/2265_UP_And-to-Ecstasy-front-coverfinal.jpg?v=1779074708","url":"https:\/\/upswell-publishing.myshopify.com\/products\/and-to-ecstasy","provider":"Upswell Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}