{"product_id":"decoding-the-hill-of-dead-kings-paperback","title":"Decoding the Hill of Dead Kings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Vartan Gubbins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatalie Bakopoulos\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNandi Comer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA vivid portrait of trying to find home when two places are calling.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Vartan Gubbins paints a stunning portrait of a life lived between his two homelands: Michigan and Armenia. Written primarily in English with some poems in Armenian, this collection combines elegy and lyric across prose and open forms to shed light on the conundrum of diaspora--feeling rooted here, there, and in neither place entirely. Crossing the boundaries of space and time, Gubbins probes and unsettles notions of legacy, family, diaspora, geopolitical borders, and narratives of power. The ebb and flow of sadness and longing, paralleled by unshakeable spirit, ultimately settles within these poems as hope and wonder at existing in the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Vartan Gubbins paints a stunning portrait of a life lived between his two homelands: Michigan and Armenia. This poetry combines elegy and lyric across prose and open forms to shed light on the conundrum of diaspora--feeling rooted here, there, and in neither place entirely. Crossing the boundaries of space and time, Gubbins conjures personal and collective memory to probe and unsettle notions of legacy, family, diaspora, geopolitical borders, and narratives of power. The ebb and flow of sadness and longing, paralleled by unshakeable spirit, ultimately settles within these poems as hope and wonder at existing in the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Vartan Gubbins teaches at the American University of Armenia. A native Chicagoan, he now splits his time between the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Yerevan, Armenia. His poems can be found in\u003ci\u003e And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing, 1917-2017\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53468514189619,"sku":"9780814352960","price":32.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/PXWiTyoHcH9780814352960.webp?v=1781167939","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/decoding-the-hill-of-dead-kings-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}