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{"id":7325028483131,"title":"Sun Bear","handle":"sun-bear","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourth collection from the celebrated American poet and editor, Matthew Zapruder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatthew Zapruder’s poems begin in the faint inkling, in the bloom of thought, and then unfold into wide-reaching meditations on what it means to live in the contemporary moment, among plastic, statistics, and diet soda. Written in a direct, conversational style, the poems in Sun Bear display full-force why Zapruder is one of the most popular poets in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom “I Drink Bronze Light”:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreat American summer lakes\u003cbr\u003eright now I am flying above you\u003cbr\u003ethrough a rare cloudless transparent sky\u003cbr\u003eback to the city where it is always\u003cbr\u003ecold even in summer\u003cbr\u003ethe round hole I press my face against\u003cbr\u003eshows only a blue expanse\u003cbr\u003ewith white sails below\u003cbr\u003especkled exactly the way\u003cbr\u003ethe Aegean would have been\u003cbr\u003ethree thousand years ago\u003cbr\u003eif one could have seen it from above\u003cbr\u003emaybe riding in the dark claw\u003cbr\u003eof a god who didn’t care…\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T10:53:17-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T10:53:17-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"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":43249716658235,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894594","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sun Bear - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":227,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894594","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894594.jpg?v=1736351548"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894594.jpg?v=1736351548","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979576029243,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.662,"height":604,"width":400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894594.jpg?v=1736351548"},"aspect_ratio":0.662,"height":604,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894594.jpg?v=1736351548","width":400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourth collection from the celebrated American poet and editor, Matthew Zapruder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatthew Zapruder’s poems begin in the faint inkling, in the bloom of thought, and then unfold into wide-reaching meditations on what it means to live in the contemporary moment, among plastic, statistics, and diet soda. Written in a direct, conversational style, the poems in Sun Bear display full-force why Zapruder is one of the most popular poets in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom “I Drink Bronze Light”:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreat American summer lakes\u003cbr\u003eright now I am flying above you\u003cbr\u003ethrough a rare cloudless transparent sky\u003cbr\u003eback to the city where it is always\u003cbr\u003ecold even in summer\u003cbr\u003ethe round hole I press my face against\u003cbr\u003eshows only a blue expanse\u003cbr\u003ewith white sails below\u003cbr\u003especkled exactly the way\u003cbr\u003ethe Aegean would have been\u003cbr\u003ethree thousand years ago\u003cbr\u003eif one could have seen it from above\u003cbr\u003emaybe riding in the dark claw\u003cbr\u003eof a god who didn’t care…\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eMatthew Zapruder has published four collections of poetry, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pajamaist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, which won the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. His poems, essays, and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in many publications, including, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Zapruder, Matthew","Imprint":"Anansi International","NumberOfPages":"120","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325028122683,"title":"Mole","handle":"mole","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow does the embrace of levity -- that warm, human voice, perceptive of its own limits -- find its way to the listener in today's shattered world? By blind burrowing? Heat fluctuations in loam and subsoil? Instinct and luck?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch like the mole of the title, Patrick Warner's poems accomplish great feats of imagination, exposure, empathy, and insight, disguised all the while as pleasingly modest creatures of accident and stealth. As with all the very best poets, Warner can take overlooked corners and negligible objects and turn them into prisms, portals, tuning forks, and flint rocks. A bracing, perpetually pleasing work from one of Canada's most celebrated poets.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T10:43:22-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T10:43:22-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"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":43252594442299,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887848216","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mole - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":127,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887848216","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848216_HR.jpg?v=1768339091"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848216_HR.jpg?v=1768339091","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":26283684954171,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":2547,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848216_HR.jpg?v=1768339091"},"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":2547,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848216_HR.jpg?v=1768339091","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eHow does the embrace of levity -- that warm, human voice, perceptive of its own limits -- find its way to the listener in today's shattered world? By blind burrowing? Heat fluctuations in loam and subsoil? Instinct and luck?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch like the mole of the title, Patrick Warner's poems accomplish great feats of imagination, exposure, empathy, and insight, disguised all the while as pleasingly modest creatures of accident and stealth. As with all the very best poets, Warner can take overlooked corners and negligible objects and turn them into prisms, portals, tuning forks, and flint rocks. A bracing, perpetually pleasing work from one of Canada's most celebrated poets.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"In 2007, Patrick Warner won the E.J. Pratt Poetry Prize Award for his collection, \u003cem\u003eThere, There\u003c\/em\u003e. His first collection of poetry, \u003cem\u003eAll Manner of Misunderstanding\u003c\/em\u003e, was nominated for the 2002 Atlantic Poetry Prize and for the 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards. His work has been published in \u003cem\u003eTickleAce, The Fiddlehead, Matrix, Signal,\u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegram\u003c\/em\u003e (St. John's), \u003cem\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMetre\u003c\/em\u003e (Ireland). He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Warner, Patrick","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"112","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325026844731,"title":"Nice Weather","handle":"nice-weather","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Something is going on. Something is wrong.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrederick Seidel — the \"ghoul\" (\u003cem\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/em\u003e), the \"triumphant outsider\" (\u003cem\u003eContemporary Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e) — returns with a dangerous new collection of poems.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNice Weather\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresents the sexual and political themes that have long preoccupied Seidel — and thrilled and offended his readers. Lyrical, grotesque, elegiac, this book adds new music and menace to his masterful body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T10:19:45-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T10:19:45-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"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":43249738514491,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770892620","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Nice Weather - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":191,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770892620","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770892620.jpg?v=1736349520"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770892620.jpg?v=1736349520","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979557843003,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":594,"width":396,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770892620.jpg?v=1736349520"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":594,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770892620.jpg?v=1736349520","width":396}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Something is going on. Something is wrong.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrederick Seidel — the \"ghoul\" (\u003cem\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/em\u003e), the \"triumphant outsider\" (\u003cem\u003eContemporary Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e) — returns with a dangerous new collection of poems.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNice Weather\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresents the sexual and political themes that have long preoccupied Seidel — and thrilled and offended his readers. Lyrical, grotesque, elegiac, this book adds new music and menace to his masterful body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eFrederick Seidel's many books of poems include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cosmos Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOoga-Booga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems 1959-2009\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Seidel, Frederick","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"112","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325026353211,"title":"A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno","handle":"a-doctor-pedalled-her-bicycle-over-the-river-arno","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno\u003c\/em\u003e carries within it all the technique, vision, imaginative labour, and razor-sharp precision of Matt Rader’s first two collections, \u003cem\u003eLiving Things\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMiraculous Hours\u003c\/em\u003e. But it also ascends to a new and luminous, demanding, particularized realm of the human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWildflowers and weeds, newspaper archives and illness, hostels and hostiles, parenting and the shadowy history of grandparents, war and Renaissance paintings: Matt Rader’s unassuming, deeply spirited, and expansive poems show us again how contemporary lyric can go such a long way toward revealing our true homes to us at the moment we find ourselves most nakedly un-housed. Rader seeks out limits, borders, and frontiers -- those mapped for us by authority, and the concomitant, interior shadowlines we ourselves draw -- in order to test their validity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf Borges had imagined an atlas of our layered identities, it might look like these poems. This is an astounding collection from a thrilling voice in poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T10:08:30-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T10:08:30-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":2295,"price_min":2295,"price_max":2295,"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":43252621803579,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887842559","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2295,"weight":104,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887842559","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno\u003c\/em\u003e carries within it all the technique, vision, imaginative labour, and razor-sharp precision of Matt Rader’s first two collections, \u003cem\u003eLiving Things\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMiraculous Hours\u003c\/em\u003e. But it also ascends to a new and luminous, demanding, particularized realm of the human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWildflowers and weeds, newspaper archives and illness, hostels and hostiles, parenting and the shadowy history of grandparents, war and Renaissance paintings: Matt Rader’s unassuming, deeply spirited, and expansive poems show us again how contemporary lyric can go such a long way toward revealing our true homes to us at the moment we find ourselves most nakedly un-housed. Rader seeks out limits, borders, and frontiers -- those mapped for us by authority, and the concomitant, interior shadowlines we ourselves draw -- in order to test their validity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf Borges had imagined an atlas of our layered identities, it might look like these poems. This is an astounding collection from a thrilling voice in poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"Matt Rader is the critically acclaimed author of the poetry collections\u003cem\u003e Living Things\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMiraculous Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and longlisted for the ReLit Award. His poems, stories, and nonfiction have appeared in journals and anthologies across North America, Australia, and Europe and have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Journey Prize, the National Magazine Award, and two Pushcart Prizes. He lives in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Rader, Matt","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"88","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325024911419,"title":"Chameleon Hours","handle":"chameleon-hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChameleon Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, Elise Partridge's follow-up to her much-admired\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFielder's Choice\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2002), is evidence that lyric poetry -- clean, bracing, unadorned -- truly can be equal to challenging subject matter. In these poems, love for friends, family, and partners, and most impressively, the urge to love strangers in need, kindles the fire of the voice. Partridge's poems see the world in its particulars, and offer a kind of fidelity to small and contingent details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of wit and empathy, yet utterly free of the sensationalism that mars so much of contemporary verse, Elise Partridge's poems draw inspiration from sources as whimsical as snails and frogs, as poignant as a homeless woman taking shelter inside a post office on a winter night, and as deeply personal as her own cancer diagnosis at a relatively young age. Her poetry gives us a steadiness of vision, and reminds us we live among treasures.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T09:35:28-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T09:35:28-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"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":43249755488315,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887847608","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Chameleon Hours - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":118,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887847608","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847608.jpg?v=1736346874"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847608.jpg?v=1736346874","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979544277051,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":611,"width":396,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847608.jpg?v=1736346874"},"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":611,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847608.jpg?v=1736346874","width":396}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChameleon Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, Elise Partridge's follow-up to her much-admired\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFielder's Choice\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2002), is evidence that lyric poetry -- clean, bracing, unadorned -- truly can be equal to challenging subject matter. In these poems, love for friends, family, and partners, and most impressively, the urge to love strangers in need, kindles the fire of the voice. Partridge's poems see the world in its particulars, and offer a kind of fidelity to small and contingent details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of wit and empathy, yet utterly free of the sensationalism that mars so much of contemporary verse, Elise Partridge's poems draw inspiration from sources as whimsical as snails and frogs, as poignant as a homeless woman taking shelter inside a post office on a winter night, and as deeply personal as her own cancer diagnosis at a relatively young age. Her poetry gives us a steadiness of vision, and reminds us we live among treasures.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eElise Partridge’s first book of poems, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFielder’s Choice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and her second, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chameleon Hours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, was a finalist for the BC Book Prize, won the Canadian Authors Association Poetry Award, and was featured in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e “Poet’s Choice” column.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"Bu (author)","Contributor_0":"Partridge, Elise","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"112","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325024714811,"title":"The Story","handle":"the-story","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Ondaatje's poetry has become a touchstone in Canadian letters. To readers, his work includes some of the most memorable and moving verse written in the past half-century. To writers, his sensual line and diamond-cut imagery have become a tuning fork and a road map into the world. The Story is another gem, another atlas of intense connections and unavoidable loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike a miniature of Ondaatje's larger themes -- love, memory, family, exile --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunfolds into our dismantled childhoods, and offers us the freedom to extend its narrative into our own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful, hauntingly illustrated edition of Michael Ondaatje's poem\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas conceived by Ondaatje and artist David Bolduc as a fundraising project for World Literacy of Canada. All royalties from the sale of this book will go directly to World Literacy to help it continue its literacy work with women and children in India.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T09:27:39-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T09:27:39-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":2495,"price_min":2495,"price_max":2495,"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":43249769906235,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887841941","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Story - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2495,"weight":363,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887841941","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887841941.jpg?v=1736346401"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887841941.jpg?v=1736346401","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979541393467,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.893,"height":466,"width":416,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887841941.jpg?v=1736346401"},"aspect_ratio":0.893,"height":466,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887841941.jpg?v=1736346401","width":416}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Ondaatje's poetry has become a touchstone in Canadian letters. To readers, his work includes some of the most memorable and moving verse written in the past half-century. To writers, his sensual line and diamond-cut imagery have become a tuning fork and a road map into the world. The Story is another gem, another atlas of intense connections and unavoidable loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike a miniature of Ondaatje's larger themes -- love, memory, family, exile --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunfolds into our dismantled childhoods, and offers us the freedom to extend its narrative into our own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful, hauntingly illustrated edition of Michael Ondaatje's poem\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas conceived by Ondaatje and artist David Bolduc as a fundraising project for World Literacy of Canada. All royalties from the sale of this book will go directly to World Literacy to help it continue its literacy work with women and children in India.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMICHAEL ONDAATJE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Camel in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, illustrated by Linda Wolfsgruber, which was selected for the Austria Children’s Book Prize, shortlisted for the Middle East Book Award, and has been translated into German and Korean. He is also the editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Monkey King and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, a collection of South Asian stories, folktales and legends, and the director of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eComplete Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, a documentary film about Bob Dylan. He has three children and lives with his family in Toronto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Ondaatje, Michael","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"48","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325024419899,"title":"Upgraded to Serious","handle":"upgraded-to-serious","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNational Book Award finalist Heather McHugh presents a fast-paced and brilliantly humorous book. Utilizing medical terminology to work through loss and detachment, McHugh's startling rhymes and rhythms -- along with her sarcastic self-reflection -- serve as antidotes to the sufferings of the world. Being \"upgraded to serious\" from critical condition is a nod to the healing powers of poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T09:20:21-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T09:20:21-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"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":43249773183035,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887848414","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Upgraded to Serious - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":163,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887848414","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848414.jpg?v=1736345954"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848414.jpg?v=1736345954","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979536216123,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.668,"height":648,"width":433,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848414.jpg?v=1736345954"},"aspect_ratio":0.668,"height":648,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848414.jpg?v=1736345954","width":433}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNational Book Award finalist Heather McHugh presents a fast-paced and brilliantly humorous book. Utilizing medical terminology to work through loss and detachment, McHugh's startling rhymes and rhythms -- along with her sarcastic self-reflection -- serve as antidotes to the sufferings of the world. Being \"upgraded to serious\" from critical condition is a nod to the healing powers of poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eHeather McHugh is an award-winning poet. She lives in Seattle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"Edited by","Contributor_0":"McHugh, Heather","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"112","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7324955148347,"title":"Directing Herbert White","handle":"directing-herbert-white","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe debut poetry collection by the actor, director, and writer James Franco\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m a nocturnal creature,\u003cbr\u003eAnd I’m here to cheat time.\u003cbr\u003eYou can see time and exhaustion\u003cbr\u003eTaking pay from my face—\u003cbr\u003eIn fifty years\u003cbr\u003eMy sleep will be death,\u003cbr\u003eI’ll go like the rest,\u003cbr\u003eBut I’ll have played\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll the games and all the roles.\u003cbr\u003e—from “Nocturnal”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There’s never been a book quite like this. Hollywood — fame, celebrity, the promise of becoming an artist — is the beast at its center. Franco knows it like Melville knows whaling. Hollywood in this book devours its young. Obsessed with myths about its own past, it can be survived only by finding a vantage point that is not Hollywood. Bold yet subtle, fearless yet disarming, Franco has made a book you will never forget.” — Frank Bidart, winner of the Bollingen Prize in American Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A star-studded cast moves like ghosts across the screen of James Franco’s poetic consciousness, imbuing the writing with scenes of icons who are also humans replete with sorrow and presence in our own psyches. James Dean, Monica Vitti, Catherine Deneuve, Sal Mineo, Heath Ledger, pass and fade. The author has a wonderful self-reflexive insouciance about his own fame and roles inhabited, from Hart Crane to Allen Ginsberg to Harvey Milk’s lover. Franco is a gifted contemporary Renaissance kind of guy, surveying the waterfront of illusion, suffering, and impermanance. We leave the movie theater a little wiser.” — Anne Waldman, poet, editor, scholar, and cultural\/political activist\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-07T17:13:12-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-07T17:13:12-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"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":43249785471035,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894570","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Directing Herbert White - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":181,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894570","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894570.jpg?v=1736287922"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894570.jpg?v=1736287922","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24978917294139,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2700,"width":1800,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894570.jpg?v=1736287922"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2700,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894570.jpg?v=1736287922","width":1800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe debut poetry collection by the actor, director, and writer James Franco\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m a nocturnal creature,\u003cbr\u003eAnd I’m here to cheat time.\u003cbr\u003eYou can see time and exhaustion\u003cbr\u003eTaking pay from my face—\u003cbr\u003eIn fifty years\u003cbr\u003eMy sleep will be death,\u003cbr\u003eI’ll go like the rest,\u003cbr\u003eBut I’ll have played\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll the games and all the roles.\u003cbr\u003e—from “Nocturnal”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There’s never been a book quite like this. Hollywood — fame, celebrity, the promise of becoming an artist — is the beast at its center. Franco knows it like Melville knows whaling. Hollywood in this book devours its young. Obsessed with myths about its own past, it can be survived only by finding a vantage point that is not Hollywood. Bold yet subtle, fearless yet disarming, Franco has made a book you will never forget.” — Frank Bidart, winner of the Bollingen Prize in American Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A star-studded cast moves like ghosts across the screen of James Franco’s poetic consciousness, imbuing the writing with scenes of icons who are also humans replete with sorrow and presence in our own psyches. James Dean, Monica Vitti, Catherine Deneuve, Sal Mineo, Heath Ledger, pass and fade. The author has a wonderful self-reflexive insouciance about his own fame and roles inhabited, from Hart Crane to Allen Ginsberg to Harvey Milk’s lover. Franco is a gifted contemporary Renaissance kind of guy, surveying the waterfront of illusion, suffering, and impermanance. We leave the movie theater a little wiser.” — Anne Waldman, poet, editor, scholar, and cultural\/political activist\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;\"\u003eJames Franco is an actor, director, writer, and visual artist. He has appeared in numerous films, and has directed and adapted many literary works for the screen, including Frank Bidart’s “Herbert White.”\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Franco, James","Imprint":"Anansi International","NumberOfPages":"96","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7324952854587,"title":"The Griffin Poetry Prize 2001 Anthology","handle":"the-griffin-poetry-prize-2001-anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn June 2001, the inaugural Griffin Poetry Prize for the best book of poetry published in English in 2000 was awarded to two poets: one Canadian and one international poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Griffin Prize Anthology includes selections from the remarkable shortlisted books chosen by jurors Carolyn Forche, Dennis Lee, and Paul Muldoon. The selections are from the winning translation by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh of Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan, Canadian winner Anne Carson's Men in the Off Hours, the translation by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld of Yehuda Amichai's Open Closed Open, Fanny Howe's Selected Poems, Les Murray's Learning Human: Selected Poems, Robert Bringhurst's translation of Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas's Nine Visits to the Mythworld, and Don McKay's Another Gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful selection of these seven extraordinary collections, chosen by poet Esta Spalding, is both a celebration of these formidable poets and this prestigious new prize in one volume. Royalties generated from The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-07T16:51:55-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-07T16:51:56-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"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":43252667121723,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887846724","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Griffin Poetry Prize 2001 Anthology - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":1695,"weight":145,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887846724","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn June 2001, the inaugural Griffin Poetry Prize for the best book of poetry published in English in 2000 was awarded to two poets: one Canadian and one international poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Griffin Prize Anthology includes selections from the remarkable shortlisted books chosen by jurors Carolyn Forche, Dennis Lee, and Paul Muldoon. The selections are from the winning translation by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh of Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan, Canadian winner Anne Carson's Men in the Off Hours, the translation by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld of Yehuda Amichai's Open Closed Open, Fanny Howe's Selected Poems, Les Murray's Learning Human: Selected Poems, Robert Bringhurst's translation of Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas's Nine Visits to the Mythworld, and Don McKay's Another Gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful selection of these seven extraordinary collections, chosen by poet Esta Spalding, is both a celebration of these formidable poets and this prestigious new prize in one volume. Royalties generated from The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"Esta Spalding's first book, \u003cem\u003eCarrying Place\u003c\/em\u003e, was nominated for the Gerald R. Lampert Award and her second, \u003cem\u003eAnchoress\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Best Specialty Book of the Year. Her third book, \u003cem\u003eLost August\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and her fourth, \u003cem\u003eThe Wife's Account\u003c\/em\u003e, was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Esta lives in Guelph, Ontario.","ContributorRole_0":"Edited by","Contributor_0":"Spalding, Esta","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"96","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7324951150651,"title":"The Griffin Poetry Prize 2003 Anthology","handle":"the-griffin-poetry-prize-2003-anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe best books of poetry published in English internationally and in Canada are honoured each year with the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world's richest and most prestigious literary prizes. The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A Selection of the 2003 Shortlist includes poems from the seven exceptional books shortlisted for the 2003 prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelections include poems from Kathleen Jamie's Mr and Mrs Scotland Are Dead: Poems 1980-1994; Paul Muldoon's Moy Sand and Gravel; Gerald Stern's American Sonnets: Poems; C. D. Wright's Steal Away: Selected and New Poems; Margaret Avison's Concrete and Wild Carrot; Dionne Brand's thirsty; and P. K. Page's Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New. Prize jurors Michael Longley, Sharon Olds, and Sharon Thesen chose the outstanding shortlist and wrote the citations that proceed each selection. Thesen chose the poems that appear in the anthology and wrote the introduction to the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyalties generated from The Griffin Poetry Prize anthologies are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-07T16:45:41-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-07T16:45:41-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"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":43252636385339,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887846878","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Griffin Poetry Prize 2003 Anthology - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":1695,"weight":145,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887846878","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title "],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe best books of poetry published in English internationally and in Canada are honoured each year with the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world's richest and most prestigious literary prizes. The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A Selection of the 2003 Shortlist includes poems from the seven exceptional books shortlisted for the 2003 prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelections include poems from Kathleen Jamie's Mr and Mrs Scotland Are Dead: Poems 1980-1994; Paul Muldoon's Moy Sand and Gravel; Gerald Stern's American Sonnets: Poems; C. D. Wright's Steal Away: Selected and New Poems; Margaret Avison's Concrete and Wild Carrot; Dionne Brand's thirsty; and P. K. Page's Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New. Prize jurors Michael Longley, Sharon Olds, and Sharon Thesen chose the outstanding shortlist and wrote the citations that proceed each selection. Thesen chose the poems that appear in the anthology and wrote the introduction to the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyalties generated from The Griffin Poetry Prize anthologies are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"Sharon Thesen is the author \u003cem\u003eThe Good Bacteria\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the Governor General’ s Literary Award for Poetry, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and the ReLit Award, and seven previous collections of poetry. She received the Pat Lowther Memorial Award for her collection \u003cem\u003eA Pair of Scissors\u003c\/em\u003e and she has been for a finalist for the British Columbia Book Prize. She was born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, and now lives in British Columbia, where she is a professor at University of British Columbia.","ContributorRole_0":"Edited by","Contributor_0":"Thesen, Sharon","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"96","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7324950331451,"title":"The Griffin Poetry Prize 2004 Anthology","handle":"the-griffin-poetry-prize-2004-anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourth volume of The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology includes selections from the books shortlisted for the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prizes, chosen by the jurors Billy Collins (U.S. Poet Laureate 2001-2003); Bill Manhire (New Zealand Poet Laureate); and Phyllis Webb (recipient of the Governor General's Award for poetry), who also provide an introduction to the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyalties generated from The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthologies are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-07T16:39:23-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-07T16:39:24-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"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":43252644085819,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887846991","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Griffin Poetry Prize 2004 Anthology - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":1695,"weight":163,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887846991","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourth volume of The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology includes selections from the books shortlisted for the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prizes, chosen by the jurors Billy Collins (U.S. Poet Laureate 2001-2003); Bill Manhire (New Zealand Poet Laureate); and Phyllis Webb (recipient of the Governor General's Award for poetry), who also provide an introduction to the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyalties generated from The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthologies are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003ePhyllis Webb won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1982 with her selected poems, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vision Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e. She has taught at the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, and the Banff Centre, and now lives on Salt Spring Island, B.C.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"Edited by","Contributor_0":"Webb, Phyllis","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"96","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7324950003771,"title":"The Griffin Poetry Prize 2005 Anthology","handle":"the-griffin-poetry-prize-2005-anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fifth volume of The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology includes selections from the books shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize, chosen by the jurors: UK poet Simon Armitage, Governor General's Award winner Erin Moure, and Slovenian poet Tomaz Salamun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyalties from the anthology are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-07T16:33:49-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-07T16:33:49-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"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":43252655194171,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887847257","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Griffin Poetry Prize 2005 Anthology - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":1695,"weight":145,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887847257","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title "],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe fifth volume of The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology includes selections from the books shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize, chosen by the jurors: UK poet Simon Armitage, Governor General's Award winner Erin Moure, and Slovenian poet Tomaz Salamun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyalties from the anthology are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Canada’s most eminent and respected poets, ERÍN MOURE is a translator from French, Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese, and the author of seventeen books of poetry. Moure has received the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the A.M. Klein Prize, and she has been a three-time finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Most recently, she has been a finalist for the 2018 Kobzar Literary Award. She lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Moure, Erin","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"112","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
