{"product_id":"9780939010783","title":"Door Languages","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in Ankara in 1961, Zafer Senocak has lived in Germany since 1970. Over the years, he has become a leading voice in the German discussions on multiculturalism and national identity. His volume of essays \u003ci\u003eAtlas of the Tropical Germany\u003c\/i\u003e is currently included on the American Association of University Professors list of books to further our understanding of issues surrounding 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1996 and 2000, Senocak was writer-in-residence at four US universities and was a featured author at the 2007 PEN World Festival in New York City. \u003ci\u003eDoor Languages\u003c\/i\u003e contains material from four of Senocak’s recent German collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“His Story”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ewhen there were no secret parts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewriting was devised on a woman’s body\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eno part left undescribed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emen and their dirty fingers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emixed up one character with the other\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003euntil the letters couldn’t be read\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ethey had never gotten around to reading\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ethey became doubters of script\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003elooking for the lost language\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eburned all books short of their own body\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eout of the ashes fashioned their dream dame\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eveiled it deep black\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eare illiterates still\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Oehlkers Wright\u003c\/b\u003e ’s translations of contemporary German poets have been featured in numerous journals. She was the winner of \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e ’s William J. Arrowsmith Translation Award, and she has received fellowships from the NEA, the American Literary Translators Association, and the University of Arkansas Fulbright College. A selection of her translations of Zafer Senocak appeared in the \u003ci\u003ePIP Anthology of World Literature of the 20th Century\u003c\/i\u003e (Green Integer) and in the 2007 \u003ci\u003eZoland Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e annual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zephyr Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013135810800,"sku":"9780939010783","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780939010783_p0.jpg?v=1763857134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780939010783","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}