{"product_id":"bird-ladder-sky-snake","title":"Bird Ladder Sky Snake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Rikki Ducornet and Fowzia Karimi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated by Rikki Ducornet and Fowzia Karimi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628976915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628977189\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 6th, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of William Blake’s illuminated manuscripts, \u003cem\u003eBird Ladder Sky Snake\u003c\/em\u003e is a surreal, collaborative collection of dreams and a testament to artistic friendship.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor years, Rikki Ducornet and Fowzia Karimi have been exchanging dreams: one records her dreams as prose poems or stories, and the other illustrates them. The result is \u003cem\u003eBird Ladder Sky Snake\u003c\/em\u003e, a book that resists categorization just as surely as our dreams resist our attempts at analysis or instruction: it is a memoir, an art book, a dream journal, a folk narrative, and can be flipped and read in two directions. Read one way, the dreamer is Karimi, with illustrations by Ducornet; the other, the dreamer is Ducornet, with illustrations by Karimi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Dreams,” Karimi writes, are the source and substance of myth, prophecy, art, and invention; they have always shaped our lives.” \u003cem\u003eBird Ladder Sky Snake\u003c\/em\u003e is an invitation to dream alongside two prolific artists, to follow their muse, and to slip between realms of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRikki Ducornet\u003c\/strong\u003e is a transdisciplinary artist. Her work is animated by an interest in nature, Eros, tyranny and the transcendent capacities of the creative imagination. She is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and artist, and her fiction has been translated into fifteen languages. Her art has been exhibited internationally, most recently with Amnesty International’s traveling exhibit \u003cem\u003eI Welcome\u003c\/em\u003e, focused on the refugee crisis. She has received numerous fellowships and awards including an Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Bard College Arts and Letters Award, the Prix Guerlain, a Critics’ Choice Award, and the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. Her novel \u003cem\u003eThe Jade Cabinet\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFowzia Karimi\u003c\/strong\u003e has a background in visual arts and biology. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College, California. Her work explores the correspondence on the page between the written and visual arts. She is a recipient of The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and the author of \u003cem\u003eAbove Us the Milky Way\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003esmall pieces\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Denton, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49308162162843,"sku":"9781628976915","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook","offer_id":49308162195611,"sku":"9781628977189","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/2915\/9067\/files\/DAP_CoverPlaceholderImage.jpg?v=1786994364","url":"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/bird-ladder-sky-snake","provider":"Dalkey Archive Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}