{"product_id":"the-tablets-selected-poems-and-translations","title":"The Tablets: Selected Poems and Translations","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Armand Schwerner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Verge Books (2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten over the course of decades, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tablets\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, are an imagined trove of Assyriological texts that Armand Schwerner used to explore the nature of translation, interpretation, and the way language generates meaning. Schwerner inhabits the persona of a scholar translator who offers tentative and often contradictory readings of the texts. The poem performs an ersatz archeology full of discoveries that are equal parts comic and spiritual. Assembled here in this volume along with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tablets\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a generous selection of Schwerner's translations and shorter poems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VERGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44198135300195,"sku":"9781737430797","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/image_e25c63cc-183b-4198-b3f6-4dc18a736e66.jpg?v=1779404389","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/the-tablets-selected-poems-and-translations","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}