{"product_id":"nonlinear-equations-for-growing-better-olives","title":"Nonlinear Equations for Growing Better Olives","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI liked my career in biochemical oncology,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut the nomenclature bored me, lacking\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe spice of common names and not conveying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe architecture of discovery and wonder.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTherefore, Edward Nudelman became a poet. One of the great pleasures of this collection is seeing the natural world as inflected by his scientist’s mind and poet’s heart. The result is a poetry unlike anything I’ve read before. Nudelman’s “architecture of discovery and wonder” reveals, again and again the miraculous and revelatory in the ordinary world around us. He shows us what we’ve missed. And isn’t that why we came to poetry in the first place? \u003cem\u003eNonlinear Equations for Growing Better\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eOlives\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the freshest, most bracingly intelligent books I’ve read in a very long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Bilgere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Bilgere has published six collections of poetry, including\u003cem\u003e The White Museum\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), which was awarded the Autumn House Poetry Prize; \u003cem\u003eHaywire\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), which won the May Swenson Poetry Award; and \u003cem\u003eThe Good Kiss\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), which was selected by Billy Collins to win the University of Akron Poetry Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMixing the nomenclature of science with poignant metaphors drawn from the natural world, personal experience and acute observation, Edward Nudelman’s \u003cem\u003eNonlinear Equations for Growing Better Olives\u003c\/em\u003e is lit by wings, by fish, by lizards, by trout, by blackbirds and all manner of beings.  A biochemical oncologist, Nudelman’s clinical vocabulary makes a contrapuntal contrast with his accessible imagery as he dives deep into an exploration of the nature of the universe and the complex world around him. Nudelman’s imagery is infused with beauty. In “Unhinged,” he writes, “Morning sun blisters through a window—alpine\/rivers fill with trout—the current, a rippling arrow.”  Nudelman is at his finest in lines like, “Archimedes grabbed\/a lever, and the Earth\/moved an inch off center.\/Gravity has you by your feet\/but your heart remains\/a secret in the sway\/of cloud and pillar.” I greatly admire his deft use of music in lines like, “I’ve strummed a palm leaf to silence\/my mind’s electronic hissing, jettisoned\/trigonometry in favor of a few visions\/describing the lure of commonplace.”  This unique book of poems strikes all the right chords, making an important addition to any library.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePamela Uschuk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePamela Uschuk’s seven poetry collections include \u003cem\u003eCrazy Love (\u003c\/em\u003eAmerican Book Award), \u003cem\u003eBlood Flower,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRefugee\u003c\/em\u003e. Translated into twelve languages, her work appears widely in \u003cem\u003ePoetry, Ploughshares,\u003c\/em\u003e and other journals. Awards include National League of American PEN Women, prizes from \u003cem\u003eAscent, New Millenium, \u003c\/em\u003e\u0026amp; Amnesty International. She is the Editor of \u003cem\u003eCutthroat Poetry Journal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdward Nudelman\u003c\/strong\u003e’s full-length poetry collections include:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThin Places\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Salmon Poetry, forthcoming, 2025);\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOut of Time, Running\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Harbor Mountain, 2014);\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Looks Like an Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Lummox, 2011); and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNight Fires\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Pudding House, 2009). Poems have appeared in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRattle, Cortland Review, Valparaiso Review, Chiron Review, Evergreen Review, Floating Bridge, Plainsongs, Penwood Review, Poets and Artists,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand many more. Awards include: finalist in 2019 Atlanta Review International Poetry Contest (two poems), honorable mention in 2019 Passager Poetry Contest, second place for the Indie Lit Awards Book of the Year (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Looks Like an Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e), semifinalist for the Journal Award, OSU Press (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNight Fires\u003c\/em\u003e), and a Pushcart nomination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA native Seattleite, Nudelman is a recently retired cancer research scientist, and owns\/operates a rare bookshop (est. 1980) where he lives in Seattle, with his wife, dog, and five ducks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 78 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (October 28, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44462960115815,"sku":"qeu1787286965360","price":13.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/1601\/0087\/files\/nonlinear-equations-for-growing-better-olives_1.jpg?v=1787286970","url":"https:\/\/urbanstepfashion.shop\/products\/nonlinear-equations-for-growing-better-olives","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}