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{"id":6841440239675,"title":"The Caiplie Caves special hardcover ed","handle":"the-caiplie-caves-special-hardcover-ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGriffin Poetry Prize winner Karen Solie’s new collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Caiplie Caves\u003c\/em\u003e, interrogates violence, power, economies, self-delusion, and belief in poems that orbit the Caves of Caiplie on the coast of Scotland. This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's poetry collection is limited to 50 copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the seventh century, on the coast of Fife, Scotland, an Irish missionary named Ethernan withdrew to a cave in order to decide whether to establish a priory on May Island, directly opposite, in the Firth of Forth, or pursue a hermit’s solitude. 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The Caiplie Caves special hardcover ed
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's poetry collection The Caiplie Caves is limited to 50 copies.
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The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.
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The theological music that courses throughout the book was not a narrowing toward some esoteric knowledge but rather an opening toward a collective sense of enmeshment with the inscrutable world. This book\u0026nbsp;is a necessary reminder that ‘there is something inside \/ [us] that says live.’ \u003ci\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonder and a delight.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Billy-Ray Belcourt, author of This Wound Is a World and NDN Coping Mechanisms","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eMapping us through time, space, and geography, Sanna Wani’s debut collection \u003ci\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e spins a web of various griefs and loves. As visual as it is lyrical, Wani announces herself as a poet who pushes the experimentation of form forward, taking bold risks and literally reinventing the way that we see language. ‘A mosque is always directed toward Mecca. 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My Grief, the Sun: Special Edition
The highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani.
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The Waking Comes Late
A poetry collection of laments and celebrations that reflect on our struggle to believe in the future of a world that continues to disappoint us.
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This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Steven Heighton's poetry collection The Waking Comes Late is limited to 50 copies.
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Congotronic special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Shane Book's poetry collection Congotronic is limited to 50 copies.
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Xiphoid Process special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Kevin Connolly's poetry collection Xiphoid Process is limited to 50 copies.
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Box Kite special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Baziju's poetry collection Box Kite is limited to 50 copies.
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Under the Keel special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Michael Crummey's poetry collection Under the Keel is limited to 50 copies.
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Roguelike special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Mathew Henderson's poetry collection Roguelike is limited to 40 copies.
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