{"product_id":"recreations","title":"(Re)Creations","description":"\u003cp class=\"ReCreationsnotesbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhyllis Meshulam\u003c\/strong\u003e is Poet Laureate Emerita for Sonoma County, California, a county with a population comparable in size to that of Wyoming. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ReCreationsnotesbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ReCreationsnotesbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eDuring her 2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e2022 tenure, she conceived of and coedited \u003ci\u003eThe Freedom of New Beginnings,\u003c\/i\u003e an anthology of poems from across the county and beyond on issues of justice and sustainability.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ReCreationsnotesbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ReCreationsnotesbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eShe is author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLand of My Father’s War,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e winner of an Artists Embassy International Prize, 2019, published by Cherry Grove Collections. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eJoy Harjo, US Poet Laureate, said of Meshulam’s book, an “urgency of spirit has emerged eloquently here in these poems of perception and even prophecy. . . .” Meshulam has authored four other titles, and she taught\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e for California Poets in the Schools\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003efor 21 years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe also edited CalPoets’ \u003ci\u003ePoetry Crossing,\u003c\/i\u003e which \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ePoetry Flash \u003c\/i\u003ecalled “a joyful collection of lessons and poems.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ReCreationsnotesbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ReCreationsnotesbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe has\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BA from Pomona College.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ReCreationsnotesbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ReCreationsnotesbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePaperback: 104 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 19, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53362162729269,"sku":"kep1787287029711","price":15.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/recreations_1.jpg?v=1787287048","url":"https:\/\/chicpeakfashion.shop\/products\/recreations","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}