Cryptozarkia - Softcover

Spitzer, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798218122324

Publisher: Cornerpost Press, 2023

Synopsis

Cryptozarkia is a bestiary of freaky Ozark hybrids whose cast includes hoop snakes, wampus cats, man-eating gator gars, bogus Ozark howlers, the mythical blue humans of Blowing Cave lore, the last rampaging American wild man, the notorious marauding Mexican crab tick, and much much more. Via the avant-garde approach of investigative poetics, monster-spelunker Mark Spitzer hunts these enigmas down, interviews authorities, cites folklore and history, and boils down fact and fiction for the amusement of both skeptics and true believers. The result is a vivid, scholarly mosaic of how and why imaginations create mash-ups of the natural world gone crypto.   

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About the Author

Mark Spitzer is the author of thirty-plus books, including Crypto-Arkansas (Spuyten Duyvil, 2013) and GLURK! (Anaphora, 2016), which document cryptic creatures in our midst through the postmodern mode of investigative poetry. Known for researching and catching "monster fish," Spitzer has been a professor of Creative Writing at Truman State University and the University of Central Arkansas with a specialty in poetry and creative nonfiction. He was last seen tracking the Arkansas Anaconda on the outskirts of Mugwump, MO. For more info visit sptzr.net.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cornerpost Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798218122324
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170