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{"id":7267103408187,"title":"Survival","handle":"survival","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen first published in 1972, \u003cem\u003eSurvival\u003c\/em\u003e was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent, compulsively readable prose, Survival is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: \"What have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?\" Her answer is \"survival and victims.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty, and impassioned chapters; from Moodie to MacLennan to Blais, from Pratt to Purdy to Gibson, she lights up familiar books in wholly new perspectives. This new edition features a foreword by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-05-13T10:31:25-04:00","created_at":"2024-05-13T10:19:34-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["A List","Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Atwood Margaret","pub date: 2012-06-20"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":2199,"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":41713161273403,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892521","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Survival - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2199,"weight":372,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770892521","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41713161371707,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892538","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Survival - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770892538","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41713161404475,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897670","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Survival - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897670","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_11c0681b-12f3-4365-9bef-84ca4d8b8b9d.jpg?v=1715610163"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_11c0681b-12f3-4365-9bef-84ca4d8b8b9d.jpg?v=1715610163","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24539301118011,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_11c0681b-12f3-4365-9bef-84ca4d8b8b9d.jpg?v=1715610163"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_11c0681b-12f3-4365-9bef-84ca4d8b8b9d.jpg?v=1715610163","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eWhen first published in 1972, \u003cem\u003eSurvival\u003c\/em\u003e was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent, compulsively readable prose, Survival is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: \"What have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?\" Her answer is \"survival and victims.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty, and impassioned chapters; from Moodie to MacLennan to Blais, from Pratt to Purdy to Gibson, she lights up familiar books in wholly new perspectives. This new edition features a foreword by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Survival
First published in 1972, Survival is considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature.
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{"id":7348969373755,"title":"Poems for All the Annettes","handle":"poems-for-all-the-annettes","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published by Contact Press in 1962, then later by House of Anansi in 1967, and again in a revised, expanded edition in 1972, \u003cem\u003ePoems for All the Annettes\u003c\/em\u003e stands as one of the essential documents of the great Al Purdy’s career. So many beloved poems are here—\"At Roblin Lake,\" \"At the Quinte Hotel\"—but also so many undiscovered gems and treasures. It is at once the perfect introduction to this remarkable poet’s work and a collection rich and deep enough to satisfy even the experienced Purdy fan. This edition reproduces the final, expanded text of the 1972 edition, and features a brilliant new introduction by poet and novelist Steven Heighton, who knew Purdy well.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-20T16:59:19-05:00","created_at":"2025-02-20T16:53:16-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["A List","Adult Poetry","By (author) Purdy Al","Introduction by Heighton Steven","pub date: 2012-10-13"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1495,"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":42024738291771,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892606","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Poems for All the Annettes - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1495,"weight":163,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770892606","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_48affc0c-11f6-416d-8eda-422f81574737.jpg?v=1740088407"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_48affc0c-11f6-416d-8eda-422f81574737.jpg?v=1740088407","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":25135674949691,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":618,"width":400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_48affc0c-11f6-416d-8eda-422f81574737.jpg?v=1740088407"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":618,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_48affc0c-11f6-416d-8eda-422f81574737.jpg?v=1740088407","width":400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published by Contact Press in 1962, then later by House of Anansi in 1967, and again in a revised, expanded edition in 1972, \u003cem\u003ePoems for All the Annettes\u003c\/em\u003e stands as one of the essential documents of the great Al Purdy’s career. So many beloved poems are here—\"At Roblin Lake,\" \"At the Quinte Hotel\"—but also so many undiscovered gems and treasures. It is at once the perfect introduction to this remarkable poet’s work and a collection rich and deep enough to satisfy even the experienced Purdy fan. This edition reproduces the final, expanded text of the 1972 edition, and features a brilliant new introduction by poet and novelist Steven Heighton, who knew Purdy well.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Poems for All the Annettes
Poems for All the Annettes stands as one of the essential documents of the great Al Purdy’s career.
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{"id":6582756081723,"title":"Queen Rat","handle":"queen-rat","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1998, Lynn Crosbie brought her unique voice to the forefront of Canadian poetry with this important collection of verse. Hers is a world of Shakespeare, skinheads, and centurions; and hers is a life stripped to the basics and then reconstructed with relish, every brick scrutinized meticulously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eQueen Rat\u003c\/em\u003e her language is urban, but her soul is universal as she explores that which makes up everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by poet and musician Michael Turner.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:13:52-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:13:52-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["A List","Adult Poetry","By (author) Crosbie Lynn","Introduction by Turner Michael","pub date: 1998-10-01"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1695,"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":39403461443643,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770890909","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Queen Rat - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770890909","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":39413680275515,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770898325","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Queen Rat - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1495,"weight":191,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770898325","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fc2bfabf-7d98-4fa6-b849-518f52c30dc7.jpg?v=1723949365"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fc2bfabf-7d98-4fa6-b849-518f52c30dc7.jpg?v=1723949365","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24743101628475,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":638,"width":413,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fc2bfabf-7d98-4fa6-b849-518f52c30dc7.jpg?v=1723949365"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":638,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fc2bfabf-7d98-4fa6-b849-518f52c30dc7.jpg?v=1723949365","width":413}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1998, Lynn Crosbie brought her unique voice to the forefront of Canadian poetry with this important collection of verse. Hers is a world of Shakespeare, skinheads, and centurions; and hers is a life stripped to the basics and then reconstructed with relish, every brick scrutinized meticulously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eQueen Rat\u003c\/em\u003e her language is urban, but her soul is universal as she explores that which makes up everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by poet and musician Michael Turner.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Queen Rat
Lynn Crosbie brought her unique voice to the forefront of Canadian poetry with this important collection of verse.
