{"product_id":"the-cemetery-cure-miranda-schmidt","title":"The Cemetery Cure | Miranda Schmidt","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\" class=\"yiv6342516622MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Garamond, serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCancer treatment is a winnowing through which something uncanny can bloom...i\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003en this edge space, the ghosts can rise out of you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\" class=\"yiv6342516622MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Garamond, serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cemetery Cure\u003c\/i\u003e is a small book of spells. Beginning as an attempt to find language for the rough magic of the medicalized experiences of breast cancer treatment, Miranda Schmidt's poems weave through encounters with heritage, folklore, sexuality, gender, and the more-than-human world. With otherworldly illustrations by Verena Raban, poems wend over pages, seeking shape. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Garamond, serif;\"\u003eThe Cemetery Cure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Garamond, serif;\"\u003e is an underworld journey of the body brushing up against the life\/death veil and finding new form there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\" class=\"yiv6342516622MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\" class=\"yiv6342516622MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Garamond, serif;\"\u003e____\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eMiranda Schmidt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eLeafskin\u003c\/i\u003e (Stillhouse Press) and the chapbook \u003ci\u003eThe Cemetery Cure\u003c\/i\u003e (dancing girl press). Their work circles the folkloric, the familial, queer magic, and the more-than-human world. Miranda’s writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eTriquarterly, Orion, Electric Literature, Catapult,\u003c\/i\u003e and more. With an MFA from the University of Washington and a PhD from Bath Spa University, she has taught creative writing at Portland Community College, the University of Washington, the Loft, Portland Literary Arts, and the Portland Book Festival. Their ongoing newsletter and teaching project, \u003ci\u003eWriting Toward Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, explores methods for bringing the more-than-human more deeply into our writing craft. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e Author Photo Ebenezer Galluzzo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"dancing girl press \u0026 studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45228752666671,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/1219\/files\/Tcemetarycover_2_1.png?v=1776838734","url":"https:\/\/dulcetshop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cemetery-cure-miranda-schmidt","provider":"dancing girl press \u0026 studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}