{"product_id":"08-31-26-alter-eva-sea-oath","title":"[08\/31\/26] Alter, Eva: Sea-oath","description":"\u003cp\u003eHesse Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: August 31, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSea-oath is a catalog of internal and generational mythologies, a procedural formalist poetic experiment, and a transcript of an internal trial between the speaker and God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlter approaches the central theological reckoning of the collection through constructed metrical forms, neologistic indexing, and paratactic syntax in an attempt to articulate and organize memories and histories that had originally been buried by dissociation, self-punishment, and mental and physical escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat kind of God permits and witnesses the cyclical transmission of suffering, and how can I understand my life and my path within my inheritance?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEva Alter is an information scientist, procedural formalist poet, and Jewish-Tidewater-Appalachian American. Her poetry has been published in Hobart, American Poetry Journal, Bruiser Magazine, Appalachian Journal, Reform Jewish Quarterly, and elsewhere. Her debut chapbook AUTOCARTOGRAPHIES was published by Eulogy Press in October 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45372671328279,"sku":"9781948434133","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1784657582-900.jpg?v=1785967707","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/08-31-26-alter-eva-sea-oath","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}