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{"id":6818367602747,"title":"Patient Frame","handle":"patient-frame","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. Heighton's work has long shown a resolve to achieve some viable rapprochement between the mind's cold structures and the earthbound drives of the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDynamic, vigorous, tender poems as engaged with the moment as they are with traditions of East and West. \u003cem\u003ePatient Frame\u003c\/em\u003e brings together more of Heighton's vital translations of poets as diverse as Jorge Luis Borges and Horace. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-29T16:14:47-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-29T14:20:56-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Award Winning","Adult Poetry","By (author) Heighton Steven","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2010-04-10"],"price":2295,"price_min":2295,"price_max":2295,"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":40232216330299,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887849527","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Patient Frame - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2295,"weight":145,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887849527","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4dde4de4-50f9-4ad4-8ac9-561964a2e408.jpg?v=1668328476"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4dde4de4-50f9-4ad4-8ac9-561964a2e408.jpg?v=1668328476","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22926477656123,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":612,"width":396,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4dde4de4-50f9-4ad4-8ac9-561964a2e408.jpg?v=1668328476"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":612,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4dde4de4-50f9-4ad4-8ac9-561964a2e408.jpg?v=1668328476","width":396}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\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. Heighton's work has long shown a resolve to achieve some viable rapprochement between the mind's cold structures and the earthbound drives of the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDynamic, vigorous, tender poems as engaged with the moment as they are with traditions of East and West. \u003cem\u003ePatient Frame\u003c\/em\u003e brings together more of Heighton's vital translations of poets as diverse as Jorge Luis Borges and Horace. \u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487006181","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487001278","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487001865","BASICMainSubject":"POE011000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POETRY\/Canadian","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTEVEN HEIGHTON\u003c\/strong\u003e (1961-2022)’s most recent books were the novel \u003cem\u003eThe Nightingale Won’t Let You Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e (Hamish Hamilton, 2017), the Governor General’s Literary Award–winning poetry collection \u003cem\u003eThe Waking Comes Late \u003c\/em\u003e(House of Anansi Press, 2016), and the memoir \u003cem\u003eReaching Mithymna\u003c\/em\u003e (Biblioasis, 2020), which was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 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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. 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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. Heighton's work has long shown a resolve to achieve some viable rapprochement between the mind's cold structures and the earthbound drives of the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDynamic, vigorous, tender poems as engaged with the moment as they are with traditions of East and West. \u003cem\u003ePatient Frame\u003c\/em\u003e brings together more of Heighton's vital translations of poets as diverse as Jorge Luis Borges and Horace. \u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9780887849527","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9780887849527\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"112","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“...this book has tremendous range, cover subjects both personal and political, and employing forms as diverse as elegy, ballad, haiku, sonnet, and dramatic monologue...a very good collection.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Steven Heighton again demonstrates that he is one of Canada’s most ambitious writers.” — \u003cstrong\u003eQuentin Mills-Fen, \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Quentin Mills-Fen","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Winnipeg Review","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"These dynamic, vigorous, tender poems are part of an ongoing search, a scanning of our human horizons for moments of lasting value.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Runner-up","PrizeCodeText_2":"Long-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"02","PrizeCode_2":"05","PrizeName_0":"P.K. 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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":6817702740027,"title":"Civil Elegies","handle":"civil-elegies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCivil Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e is Dennis Lee's uncompromising exploration of citizenship, both Canadian and human. Eli Mandel has called \u003cem\u003eCivil Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e one of the most important contemporary books of poetry in our country. It was the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry in 1972. This edition features a new introduction by noted academic Nick Mount, who places this important collection in the context of Canadian literature and Lee’s career.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-28T16:54:27-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-28T14:20:15-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["A List","Adult Award Winning","Adult Poetry","By (author) Lee Dennis","Introduction by Mount Nick","pub date: 2012-10-13"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1495,"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":40220009365563,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892491","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Civil Elegies - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1495,"weight":100,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770892491","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_cfbe0c57-e2bd-4362-ac36-cef606da992f.jpg?v=1678596531"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_cfbe0c57-e2bd-4362-ac36-cef606da992f.jpg?v=1678596531","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324490924091,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":618,"width":400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_cfbe0c57-e2bd-4362-ac36-cef606da992f.jpg?v=1678596531"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":618,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_cfbe0c57-e2bd-4362-ac36-cef606da992f.jpg?v=1678596531","width":400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCivil Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e is Dennis Lee's uncompromising exploration of citizenship, both Canadian and human. Eli Mandel has called \u003cem\u003eCivil Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e one of the most important contemporary books of poetry in our country. It was the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry in 1972. This edition features a new introduction by noted academic Nick Mount, who places this important collection in the context of Canadian literature and Lee’s career.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Civil Elegies
A List edition of Dennis Lee's Civil Elegies, with an introduction by Nick Mount.
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{"id":6813788143675,"title":"river woman special hardcover edition","handle":"river-woman-special-hardcover-edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGovernor General’s Award–winning Métis poet and acclaimed novelist Katherena Vermette’s second collection, \u003ci\u003eriver woman\u003c\/i\u003e, explores her relationship to nature — its destructive power and beauty, its timelessness, and its place in human history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning Métis poet and novelist Katherena Vermette’s second book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eriver woman\u003c\/i\u003e, examines and celebrates love as decolonial action. Here love is defined as a force of reclamation and repair in times of trauma, and trauma is understood to exist within all times. The poems are grounded in what feels like an eternal present, documenting moments of clarity that lift the speaker (and reader) out of the illusion of linear experience. This is what we mean when we describe a work of art as being timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the river they speak to, these poems return again and again to the same source in search of new ways to reconstruct what has been lost. Vermette suggests that it’s through language and the body ― particularly through language as it lives inside the body ― that a fragmented self might resurface as once again whole. This idea of breaking apart and coming back together is woven throughout the collection as the speaker contemplates the ongoing negotiation between the city, the land, and the water, and as she finds herself falling into trust with the ones she loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVermette honours the river as a woman ― her destructive power and beauty, her endurance, and her stories. 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Her latest is the poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eprocession\u003c\/em\u003e (House of Anansi). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ekatherena lives with her family in a cranky old house within skipping distance of the temperamental Red River.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POETRY \/ Subjects \u0026amp; Themes \/ Nature","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"POETRY \/ Native American","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"POETRY \/ Canadian \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"POE023030","BISACSubject_1":"POE015000","BISACSubject_2":"POE011000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKATHERENA VERMETTE \u003c\/strong\u003e(she\/her\/hers) is a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2013, her first book, \u003cem\u003eNorth End Love Songs\u003c\/em\u003e (Muses’ Company) won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Since then, her work has garnered awards and critical accolades across genres. Her latest is the poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eprocession\u003c\/em\u003e (House of Anansi). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ekatherena lives with her family in a cranky old house within skipping distance of the temperamental Red River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"vermette, katherena (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGovernor General’s Award–winning Métis poet and acclaimed novelist Katherena Vermette’s second collection, \u003ci\u003eriver woman\u003c\/i\u003e, explores her relationship to nature — its destructive power and beauty, its timelessness, and its place in human history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning Métis poet and novelist Katherena Vermette’s second book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eriver woman\u003c\/i\u003e, examines and celebrates love as decolonial action. Here love is defined as a force of reclamation and repair in times of trauma, and trauma is understood to exist within all times. The poems are grounded in what feels like an eternal present, documenting moments of clarity that lift the speaker (and reader) out of the illusion of linear experience. This is what we mean when we describe a work of art as being timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the river they speak to, these poems return again and again to the same source in search of new ways to reconstruct what has been lost. Vermette suggests that it’s through language and the body ― particularly through language as it lives inside the body ― that a fragmented self might resurface as once again whole. This idea of breaking apart and coming back together is woven throughout the collection as the speaker contemplates the ongoing negotiation between the city, the land, and the water, and as she finds herself falling into trust with the ones she loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVermette honours the river as a woman ― her destructive power and beauty, her endurance, and her stories. These poems sing from a place where “words \/ transcend ceremony \/ into everyday” and “nothing \/ is inanimate.”\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487003487","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487003487\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"truth and reconciliation; colonialism; nature; missing and murdered indigenous women; bipoc; indigenous; reconciliation; award winning author; climate change; Indigenous literature; Indigenous Stories; poems; this accident of being lost leanne betasomasake simpson; even this page is white vivek shraya; alicia elliott; ndn coping mechanisms billy ray belcourt; poetry lovers; collectors edition","NumberOfPages":"112","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Katherena Vermette's poetry collection river woman is limited to 50 copies.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover special edition","PublicationDate":"2018-09-25","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Katherena Vermette's poetry collection river woman is limited to 50 copies.","Subtitle":"Special Edition","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
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This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Katherena Vermette's poetry collection river woman is limited to 50 copies.
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This exquisite, collaboratively written sequence of prose poems, unfolding through rich, delicate imagery, journeys through streets and gardens, houses and temples, cities and countryside, Canada and China. It is a meditation on the way we travel between places and between times, and how words and ideas travel between languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaziju explores the literature of China, from centuries past to the present, exploring, at the same time, the meaning of hope and of home: childhood homes, the homes we grow into, and the homes in our minds. In Lu Xun's classic story \"My Old Home,\" the hero returns from a distant city to the home he left two decades earlier. Hope, he ponders, \"is just like the roads of the earth… . [T]o begin with the earth has no roads, but where many people pass, there a road is made.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese sensual, deeply personal prose poems ponder change, loss, friendship, and belonging. 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This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Baziju's poetry collection Box Kite is limited to 50 copies.
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Junebat special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of John Elizabeth Stintzi's poetry collection Junebat is limited to 40 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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Twitch Force special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Michael Redhill's poetry collection Twitch Force is limited to 50 copies.
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Past Imperfect
Suzanne Buffam's debut poetry collection admits the self is fluid -- so we bid farewell to many "selves."
