{"product_id":"9780645464887","title":"Alcatraz","description":"Author: Cassandra Atherton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780645464887\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Gazebo Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Dec 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA truly unique book of illustrated creative prose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlcatraz\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-of-a-kind illustrated anthology of short prose and prose poetry. It showcases works from many of the most exciting practitioners writing in English across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis includes work by luminaries such as Will Alexander, Indran Amirthanayagam, Nin Andrews, Maxine Chernoff, Denise Duhamel, Holly Iglesias, Peter Johnson, Luke Kennard, Naveen Kishore, Janice Lee, Jane Monson, Mariko Nagai, Nguyn Phan Qu Mai, Alvin Pang, Lauren Russell, Fiona Sampson, Ian Seed, Sudeep Sen, John Skoyles, Donna Stonecipher, Sam Wagan Watson, Cyril Wong, Nicholas Wong, Jenny Xie and Gary Young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume is edited by the award-winning Australian prose poets Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington who recently published the definitive book about the form, \u003ci\u003eProse Poetry: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton University Press, 2020), and the authoritative \u003ci\u003eAnthology of Australian Prose Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (Melbourne University Press, 2020). The book is illustrated by renowned artist and publisher, Phil Day, whose work recently appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anthology is titled \u003ci\u003eAlcatraz\u003c\/i\u003e largely because of the playfulness inherent in the word, which contains the first and last letters of the English alphabet in first and last positions. Contributing writers were asked to respond to the idea of 'Alcatraz' in any way they chose  whether directly or more tangentially. This resulted in a wonderful series of responses, taking on and expanding a wide array of the associations connected to this historically loaded word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is highly inventive in its layout, with contributions appearing according to their length. This means that the book moves from the shortest to the longest pieces and the illustrations complement the shape of the written pieces. 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