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The 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology
The prestigious and highly anticipated annual anthology of the best Canadian and international poetry from the shortlist of the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize.
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The Waking Comes Late special hardcover edition
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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Alden Nowlan Selected Poems
The best of beloved poet Alden Nowlan's explicitly honest, direct, and insightful poetry. Now featuring an introduction by Susan Musgrave.
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{"id":7014714146875,"title":"Trinity Street","handle":"trinity-street","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeartsick, reverent, irreverent, and quietly political, \u003cem\u003eTrinity Street\u003c\/em\u003e is the much-anticipated fifth collection from poet Jen Currin, winner of the Audre Lorde Award and a Lambda finalist. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Trinity Street is in fact an actual street in Vancouver, it is also the site of an imaginary garden and imperfect utopia in the title poem of this new collection. Currin’s poems weave together the meditative and the disruptive, the queer and quotidian, and the worlds of the dead and the living. Connections are made through prayer and protest; friendships are forged on a planet challenged by climate crisis, collective grief, and the perils of late capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems vibrate with unexpected shifts and precise, startling imagery, the touchstones of a poet whose work critics have described as “thrilling,” “emotionally evocative,” and “revelatory.”\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-10-14T10:50:50-04:00","created_at":"2022-10-13T16:51:34-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult LGBTQ+","Adult Poetry","By (author) Currin Jen","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2023-04-04"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1999,"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":40874727374907,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487011628","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Trinity Street - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1999,"weight":181,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487011628","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40874727899195,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487011635","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Trinity Street - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487011635","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9bcfa1e6-ab8f-40b5-b4fb-c9ba09e97d74.jpg?v=1702185799"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9bcfa1e6-ab8f-40b5-b4fb-c9ba09e97d74.jpg?v=1702185799","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24027417018427,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":2400,"width":1800,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9bcfa1e6-ab8f-40b5-b4fb-c9ba09e97d74.jpg?v=1702185799"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9bcfa1e6-ab8f-40b5-b4fb-c9ba09e97d74.jpg?v=1702185799","width":1800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eHeartsick, reverent, irreverent, and quietly political, \u003cem\u003eTrinity Street\u003c\/em\u003e is the much-anticipated fifth collection from poet Jen Currin, winner of the Audre Lorde Award and a Lambda finalist. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Trinity Street is in fact an actual street in Vancouver, it is also the site of an imaginary garden and imperfect utopia in the title poem of this new collection. Currin’s poems weave together the meditative and the disruptive, the queer and quotidian, and the worlds of the dead and the living. Connections are made through prayer and protest; friendships are forged on a planet challenged by climate crisis, collective grief, and the perils of late capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems vibrate with unexpected shifts and precise, startling imagery, the touchstones of a poet whose work critics have described as “thrilling,” “emotionally evocative,” and “revelatory.”\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Trinity Street
Heartsick, reverent, irreverent, and quietly political, Trinity Street is the much-anticipated fifth collection from acclaimed poet Jen Currin.
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{"id":6816229589051,"title":"1996","handle":"1996","description":"\u003cp\u003eSara Peters' visionary debut collection is a book about obsessions — about desire, violence, sex, beauty, and cruelty, about how they lace through our days, leaving us changed. In these startling poems of mystery and terror, we meet remarkable characters enduring unspeakable things, confronting the raw reality of existence through fearless candor. With profound clarity, elegance, and humour, Sara Peters reminds us of the harrowing and beautiful complexity of life itself. \u003cem\u003e1996\u003c\/em\u003e marks the undeniable arrival of an essential and brave new voice. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-12-15T08:49:46-05:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T14:36:36-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Peters Sara","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2013-04-13"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"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":40213756837947,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892712","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"1996 - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770892712","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8850cfc6-b0bf-42cc-b8c9-2d861a153df3.jpg?v=1678596817"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8850cfc6-b0bf-42cc-b8c9-2d861a153df3.jpg?v=1678596817","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324498886715,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8850cfc6-b0bf-42cc-b8c9-2d861a153df3.jpg?v=1678596817"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8850cfc6-b0bf-42cc-b8c9-2d861a153df3.jpg?v=1678596817","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eSara Peters' visionary debut collection is a book about obsessions — about desire, violence, sex, beauty, and cruelty, about how they lace through our days, leaving us changed. In these startling poems of mystery and terror, we meet remarkable characters enduring unspeakable things, confronting the raw reality of existence through fearless candor. With profound clarity, elegance, and humour, Sara Peters reminds us of the harrowing and beautiful complexity of life itself. \u003cem\u003e1996\u003c\/em\u003e marks the undeniable arrival of an essential and brave new voice. \u003c\/p\u003e"}
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1996
Sara Peters' debut collection is about obsessions — about desire, beauty, and cruelty, about how they lace through our days, leaving us changed.
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{"id":6811314061371,"title":"Roguelike","handle":"roguelike","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMathew Henderson explores with remarkable insight the unique logics of video games and addiction in his much-anticipated sophomore poetry collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMathew Henderson’s \u003ci\u003eRoguelike\u003c\/i\u003e, the much-anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed 2012 debut \u003ci\u003eThe Lease\u003c\/i\u003e, melds the unique online vocabulary, culture, and logic of video games with family and addiction narratives, specifically the poet’s relationship with his mother and her struggle with narcotics. 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Roguelike
Mathew Henderson explores with remarkable insight the unique logics of video games and addiction in his much-anticipated sophomore poetry collection.
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The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
In her fourth collection Karen Solie advances her extraordinary poetics of impetus and second thoughts.
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There is, too, a fresh and often celebratory look at love, and, in an unusual finale, “The Acts,” Moure challenges us to explore a feminist aesthetic: of thinking, of the page, of working life and the possibility of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487004286","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487004286\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"A List","MetaKeywords":"feminist; margaret atwood; lynn crosbie; alice munro; citational politics; experimental; philosophical; theoretical; post-structuralism; canlit; women writers; women's literature; introduction; kapusta; queen rat; circle game; poems for all the annettes al purdy; a pillow book suzanne buffam; poetry lovers; poetry collector","NumberOfPages":"112","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTOPICAL THEMES VIA ACCESSIBLE POETRY:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eMoure uses the energetic medium of poetry to bring forth themes surrounding love and working life and feminism, especially as social discourse on desire, sexuality, and gender grows increasingly relevant. 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Klein Prize for Poetry in 2015 and has recently been named a finalist for the 2018 Kobzar Literary Award, a biennial $25,000 prize that recognizes the best Ukrainian-Canadian stories.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHANDSOME A LIST REISSUE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eFurious\u003c\/em\u003e will receive the full A List treatment, including an original cover illustration and a thoughtful new introduction.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The early Governor General’s Literary Award–winning collection from one of Canada’s most profoundly inventive and eminent poets.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2018-08-07","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"A List","ShortDescription":"The early Governor General’s Literary Award–winning collection from one of Canada’s most profoundly inventive and eminent poets.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
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The early Governor General’s Literary Award–winning collection from one of Canada’s most profoundly inventive and eminent poets.
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The Caiplie Caves
The Caiplie Caves interrogates violence, economies, self-delusion, and belief in poems that orbit the Caves of Caiplie on the coast of Scotland.
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Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person
This ecstatic long poem of hope and creeks and cats and rain is a translation of Alberto Caeiro/Fernando Pessoa's classic long poem O Guardador de Rebanhos.
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Pigeon
Karen Solie's poems are X-rays of our delusions and mistaken perceptions, explorations of violence, bad luck, fate, and creeping catastrophe.
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Heart Residence
A landmark collection from one of Canada’s literary icons, and the co-founder of House of Anansi Press.
