{"id":5287,"date":"2023-05-04T03:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T03:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=5287"},"modified":"2024-08-16T20:57:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:57:41","slug":"benjamin-voigts-new-chapbook-postpastoral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/home-2\/the-words-may-2023\/benjamin-voigts-new-chapbook-postpastoral\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Voigt&#8217;s New Chapbook: Postpastoral"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Patrick Coy-Bjork \u201824<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/IMG_5796-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Voigt\" class=\"wp-image-5289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/IMG_5796-300x225.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/IMG_5796-1024x768.jpg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/IMG_5796-768x576.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/IMG_5796-1536x1152.jpg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/IMG_5796-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last fall, Macalester English Alum and current Academic Information Associate Benjamin Voigt won a writing contest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetry.onl\/news\/22-chap-fell-cohort\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in which he was named the inaugural chapbook fellow of poetry.onl<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. His winning chapbook, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Postpastoral<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, has now been officially published! To celebrate, Voigt hosted a launch party in the Weyerhaeuser chapel in which he read excerpts from his work. Professors Melissa Cundieff, Aurora Masum-Javed, and Michael Prior shared their poetry at the event as well.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can purchase a copy at the poetry.onl website <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetry.onl\/store\/p\/syntaxed-by-cindy-juyoung-ok-chapbook-3x9gf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> where they include the following excerpt:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/benvoigt-a5-paperback-templatefrontonly@0.5x-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"PostPastoral\" class=\"wp-image-5293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/benvoigt-a5-paperback-templatefrontonly@0.5x-200x300.jpg 200w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/benvoigt-a5-paperback-templatefrontonly@0.5x.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA computer rests in the grass.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The cows around it meditate.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They can sleep standing up.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their mouths are minds, their guts nets.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lost in thought,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">they can take almost anything in\u2014<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nuts and bolts, magnets,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the history of a field\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congratulations to Ben for his incredible work!<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Coy-Bjork \u201824 Last fall, Macalester English Alum and current Academic Information Associate Benjamin Voigt won a writing contest in which he was named the inaugural chapbook fellow of poetry.onl. 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