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Robot, Unicorn, Queen
A collection of poems that explore childhood experiences—from the whimsical to the poignant—by Shannon Bramer, with magical art by Irene Luxbacher.
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When her family must move once more, Ophelia uses her imagination to make magic out of a scary situation.
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He was also the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eAfterlands\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published in six countries, was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editor’s Choice, and was a “best of year” selection from ten publications in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. The novel was optioned for film by Pall Grimsson. His other poetry collections include \u003cem\u003eThe Ecstasy of Skeptics\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Address Book\u003c\/em\u003e. His fiction and poetry have been translated into ten languages, have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books, Tin House, Poetry, Brick, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eIndependent, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and The Walrus Magazine, among others; have been internationally anthologized in \u003cem\u003eBest English Stories, Best American Poetry, The Minerva Book of Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBest American Mystery Stories\u003c\/em\u003e; and have won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, the Gerald Lampert Award, the K. M. Hunter Award, the P. K. Page Founders’ Award, the Petra Kenney Prize, the Air Canada Award, and four gold National Magazine Awards. In addition, Heighton was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Journey Prize, the Moth Prize, and Britain’s W. H. Smith Award. Heighton was also a fiction reviewer for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. He lived in Kingston, Ontario. In 2021, Wolfe Island Records released an album of his songs, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil’s Share\u003c\/em\u003e. To listen, visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfeislandrecords.com\/stevenheighton\"\u003ewww.wolfeislandrecords.com\/stevenheighton\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Heighton, Steven (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eGovernor General's Literary Award finalist and bestselling author Steven Heighton's considerable dramatic lyric powers reach a new sophistication and intensity in his astonishing collection \u003cem\u003ePatient Frame\u003c\/em\u003e. From the court of Medici to the My Lai massacre; from love for a daughter and mother, through nightmare and displacement, to moments of painful acceptance; from erotic passion to situations of deep moral failure, these poems are part of an ongoing search, a scanning of our human horizons for moments of lasting value. 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Patient Frame
These dynamic, vigorous, tender poems are part of an ongoing search, a scanning of our human horizons for moments of lasting value.
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{"id":6818956247099,"title":"Past Imperfect","handle":"past-imperfect","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is the heartbreak tied to human love and there is heartbreak that points to notions of the divine. The poems in Suzanne Buffam's debut collection, Past Imperfect, enter the darkness of both -- at times simultaneously -- giving utterance to the breakage and shards of weak light found therein. Employing humour and directness to equal effect, \u003cem\u003ePast Imperfect\u003c\/em\u003e admits the self is fluid; so we wave farewell to many selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are poems of great intensity, driven by intelligence, tracing the barely knowable contours of a soul-in-progress. In a voice as confident, elegant, and vivid as it is brimming with doubt, \u003cem\u003ePast Imperfect\u003c\/em\u003e employs recurrent images like echoes or quiet obsessions. These become totems of absence, of presence, of the potential other, or simply, of the world as it is: breathtakingly beautiful, refusing to minister to our solitude.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T14:15:33-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T13:35:28-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Award Winning","Adult Poetry","By (author) Buffam Suzanne","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2005-04-01"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1695,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40249437388859,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887847264","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Past Imperfect - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1695,"weight":118,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887847264","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_0ff3cb5f-0979-4d5b-bf16-297e18120094.jpg?v=1678601428"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_0ff3cb5f-0979-4d5b-bf16-297e18120094.jpg?v=1678601428","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324561440827,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":2521,"width":1634,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_0ff3cb5f-0979-4d5b-bf16-297e18120094.jpg?v=1678601428"},"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":2521,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_0ff3cb5f-0979-4d5b-bf16-297e18120094.jpg?v=1678601428","width":1634}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThere is the heartbreak tied to human love and there is heartbreak that points to notions of the divine. The poems in Suzanne Buffam's debut collection, Past Imperfect, enter the darkness of both -- at times simultaneously -- giving utterance to the breakage and shards of weak light found therein. Employing humour and directness to equal effect, \u003cem\u003ePast Imperfect\u003c\/em\u003e admits the self is fluid; so we wave farewell to many selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are poems of great intensity, driven by intelligence, tracing the barely knowable contours of a soul-in-progress. In a voice as confident, elegant, and vivid as it is brimming with doubt, \u003cem\u003ePast Imperfect\u003c\/em\u003e employs recurrent images like echoes or quiet obsessions. These become totems of absence, of presence, of the potential other, or simply, of the world as it is: breathtakingly beautiful, refusing to minister to our solitude.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Past Imperfect
Suzanne Buffam's debut poetry collection admits the self is fluid -- so we bid farewell to many "selves."
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{"id":6818955984955,"title":"Little Theatres","handle":"little-theatres","description":"\u003cp\u003eErin Moure is one of the most consistently innovative, radically imaginative poets at work in Canada. With each book, Moure seeks to re-create writing from the ground up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle Theatres\u003c\/em\u003e appears at a pressing historical crossroads, when we most need our language to be made restive again. Like the agua\/water running through the collection -- at once lingual exchange, submersion, balm, and sustenance -- Moure's voices are as fluid, clear, animated, and shimmering with light and life as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGalician and English intermingle in this collection like currents of the same river. How can we open the infinitely small spaces of \u003cem\u003eLittle Theatres\u003c\/em\u003e in our own lives? Can they take the place of war? And who, exactly, writes them? Erin Moure? The unjustly ignored thinker Elisa Sampedrin? Or a speaker inside us finally willing to give \u003cem\u003eLittle Theatres\u003c\/em\u003e its due attention? An intimate act of cultural and personal interflow, this work from a major poet has the power to alter our perception of where, and on what scale, the action is taking place.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T14:15:32-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T13:35:10-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Award Winning","Adult Poetry","By (author) Moure Erín","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2005-04-01"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40249436962875,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887847288","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Little Theatres - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1695,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887847288","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6bc4d203-f0d8-4944-a72b-250bf7a98069.jpg?v=1682245583"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6bc4d203-f0d8-4944-a72b-250bf7a98069.jpg?v=1682245583","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23431558725691,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.735,"height":539,"width":396,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6bc4d203-f0d8-4944-a72b-250bf7a98069.jpg?v=1682245583"},"aspect_ratio":0.735,"height":539,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6bc4d203-f0d8-4944-a72b-250bf7a98069.jpg?v=1682245583","width":396}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eErin Moure is one of the most consistently innovative, radically imaginative poets at work in Canada. With each book, Moure seeks to re-create writing from the ground up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle Theatres\u003c\/em\u003e appears at a pressing historical crossroads, when we most need our language to be made restive again. Like the agua\/water running through the collection -- at once lingual exchange, submersion, balm, and sustenance -- Moure's voices are as fluid, clear, animated, and shimmering with light and life as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGalician and English intermingle in this collection like currents of the same river. How can we open the infinitely small spaces of \u003cem\u003eLittle Theatres\u003c\/em\u003e in our own lives? Can they take the place of war? And who, exactly, writes them? Erin Moure? The unjustly ignored thinker Elisa Sampedrin? Or a speaker inside us finally willing to give \u003cem\u003eLittle Theatres\u003c\/em\u003e its due attention? An intimate act of cultural and personal interflow, this work from a major poet has the power to alter our perception of where, and on what scale, the action is taking place.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Little Theatres
Moure's poetic voices are as fluid, clear, animated, and shimmering with light and life as ever.
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{"id":6819083190331,"title":"Mean","handle":"mean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMean\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning exploration of the threshold and divide between our primeval origins and the meanness of our everyday lives. In this collection, the pastoral collides with the concrete terrain of motorbikes, prisons, and chainlink to capture our constructed isolation and our buried, yet resonant, connection to the land and seascapes that surround us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKen Babstock's poetic voice is wholly original -- searing and pure in its realism, evocative and affecting in its search for a place to call its own. \u003cem\u003eMean\u003c\/em\u003e won the Atlantic Poetry Prize (1999) and the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award (1999).\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T17:46:44-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T16:26:09-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Award Winning","Adult Poetry","By (author) Babstock Ken","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 1999-04-01"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40249717325883,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887846342","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Mean - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887846342","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40249719128123,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887849145","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mean - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887849145","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40249720012859,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770896925","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mean - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770896925","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_be231aa0-22a2-4607-937e-60e4c8592f6c.jpg?v=1678597023"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_be231aa0-22a2-4607-937e-60e4c8592f6c.jpg?v=1678597023","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324504064059,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.649,"height":2544,"width":1651,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_be231aa0-22a2-4607-937e-60e4c8592f6c.jpg?v=1678597023"},"aspect_ratio":0.649,"height":2544,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_be231aa0-22a2-4607-937e-60e4c8592f6c.jpg?v=1678597023","width":1651}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMean\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning exploration of the threshold and divide between our primeval origins and the meanness of our everyday lives. In this collection, the pastoral collides with the concrete terrain of motorbikes, prisons, and chainlink to capture our constructed isolation and our buried, yet resonant, connection to the land and seascapes that surround us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKen Babstock's poetic voice is wholly original -- searing and pure in its realism, evocative and affecting in its search for a place to call its own. \u003cem\u003eMean\u003c\/em\u003e won the Atlantic Poetry Prize (1999) and the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award (1999).\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Ken Babstock's award-winning debut collection captures our isolation and reconnects us.
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Clifford
A moving tribute to an older brother that traverses the thresholds of memoir, fiction, and fantasy and reimagines what could have been.
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Methodist Hatchet
The exhilarating fourth collection from one of Canada’s most talented poets, Governor General’s Literary Award winner Ken Babstock.
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19 Knives
Jarman's short stories employ dazzling linguistic verve and staggering metaphoric powers in every sentence.
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Buffoon
Three-time Governor General’s Literary Award–shortlisted author and playwright Anosh Irani’s critically acclaimed one-man show Buffoon is a masterclass of tragicomic theatre.
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From Christy Ann Conlin comes a breathtaking and unforgettable collection about how the briefest moment can shape us forever.
