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{"id":6811309473851,"title":"How to Be Happy Though Human","handle":"how-to-be-happy-though-human","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA timely collection of new and previously published work by one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed poets, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Happy Though Human \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces Kate Camp’s eclectic and musical poetry to international audiences for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is Kate Camp’s seventh book of poetry and the first to be published outside New Zealand. 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Incorporating a grouping of new, previously unpublished work and a selection of important poems from her six earlier collections, this volume introduces North American readers to poetry that has been described by critics as “fearless,” “mesmerizing,” and “containing a surprising radicalism and power.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCamp’s work is recognized for its wide-ranging and eclectic subject matter, its technical control, and its musicality, with pop culture, high culture, the domestic confessional, close observation, and found language featured as recurring elements of style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely retrospective that represents a new chapter in Camp’s career, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Happy Though Human\u003c\/i\u003e promises to gain a wide readership for this thoughtful, engaging, and popular writer.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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She is highly respected and cited as an influence for up-and-coming poets worldwide. the publication of \u003cem\u003eHow to Be Happy Though Human\u003c\\\/em\u003e represents a career milestone as the first collection of her poetry to be published outside of NZ. It also represents the opportunity for a new and greater readership in North America to discover her unforgettable work and signals an exciting new direction in Anansi’s poetry program — a mandate to bring the best voices in international poetry to readers in North America. In NZ, Camp is published by Victoria University Press, the country’s preeminent independent literary publisher, who brought us acclaimed titles such as \u003cem\u003eThe Luminaries\u003c\\\/em\u003e by Eleanor Catton and \u003cem\u003eCan You Tolerate This?\u003c\\\/em\u003e by Ashleigh Young.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003c\\\/ul\u003e\\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MULTIDISCIPLINARY AUTHOR:\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eNot only is Camp an acclaimed and respected poet working at the height of her craft, but she is also an excellent and accomplished memoirist, essayist, and host of a nationally syndicated radio program, in which she offers commentary on classic literature. In 2016, she was the recipient of the prestigious Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship (one of New Zealand’s foremost literary awards) and in 2017 travelled to Menton, France for seven months to work on developing a new prose project. Her work in the memoir and essay form often traverses extremely personal themes, including infertility and addiction.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003c\\\/ul\u003e\\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXCITING, ECLECTIC POETICS:\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCamp’s poetry has been praised for its wide-ranging, culturally attuned, and eclectic subject matter, often drawing from popular culture and diverse fields of reference such as medicine, anthropology, economy, and literature. Another hallmark of her poetics is an irresistible and powerful blend of humour and seriousness that makes her work engaging and accessible.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003c\\\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Night Sky On Any Day In History\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003eI want you to look into an oncoming night.\u003cbr \\\/\u003eIs it a little green? Does it have the cool orange\u003cbr \\\/\u003ebeginnings of a streetlight? Tip your head back\u003cbr \\\/\u003eas someone with a nosebleed might.\u003cbr \\\/\u003eSurvey the lower sky. Are there chimneys\u003cbr \\\/\u003emaking mini city silhouettes? 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How to Be Happy Though Human
How to Be Happy Though Human introduces New Zealand’s Kate Camp’s eclectic and musical poetry to international audiences for the first time.
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{"id":6811234598971,"title":"Museum of Bone and Water","handle":"museum-of-bone-and-water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable for the first time in more than fifteen years, this collection from celebrated poet, novelist, and essayist Nicole Brossard is a provocative investigation of the human body — our physical and spiritual museums of identity and desire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicole Brossard’s \u003ci\u003eMuseum of Bone and Water \u003c\/i\u003edelivers sensual and provocative investigations of the human body — our physical and spiritual museums of identity and desire — that pulse and surprise at every turn. In this collection, fingers, lips, fists, cheeks mingle in the palm trees of Dublin and Key West, the heat of Palermo and Madrid. With each dazzling turn and each “crazy” silence, Brossard speeds our breath and quickens our hearts, reminding us that poetry too is both a physical and spiritual reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMuseum of Bone and Water\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, is recognized as a major work in the oeuvre of leading Québécoise poet, novelist, and essayist Nicole Brossard — recently honoured with the Lifetime Recognition Award by the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry. 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In this collection, fingers, lips, fists, cheeks mingle in the palm trees of Dublin and Key West, the heat of Palermo and Madrid. With each dazzling turn and each “crazy” silence, Brossard speeds our breath and quickens our hearts, reminding us that poetry too is both a physical and spiritual reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMuseum of Bone and Water\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, is recognized as a major work in the oeuvre of leading Québécoise poet, novelist, and essayist Nicole Brossard — recently honoured with the Lifetime Recognition Award by the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry. The collection is now available in a handsome A List edition with a new introduction by Robert Majzels and Erín Moure.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487004552","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487006655","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487006662","BASICMainSubject":"POE011000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POETRY\\\/Canadian","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNICOLE BROSSARD\u003c\\\/strong\u003e’s collections of poetry have twice won the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Grand Prix de la poésie de la Fondation des Forges. She has been honoured with the Lifetime Recognition Award from the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry, the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize, the Prix Athanase David, the inaugural Blue Metropolis Violet Prize, and the Harbourfront Festival Prize, among other awards, and her work has been translated into ten languages. She is an officer of the Order of Canada, chevalière of the National Order of Quebec, and a member of l’Académie des lettres du Québec. 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Museum of Bone and Water
A provocative investigation of the human body — our physical and spiritual museums of identity and desire.
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Great Silent Ballad
Beloved lyric poet A.F. Moritz’s twenty-second volume asserts poetry's spirit, equal and antidotal to the suicidal nature of present-day civilization.
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Award–winning author Jen Currin presents remarkable and sometimes magical new stories of queer friendship and love, against the backdrop of city life.
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A-List series edition of Margaret Atwood's Governor General's Award–winning The Circle Game, with an introduction by Suzanne Buffam.
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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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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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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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Stilt Jack
The much-loved and critically undervalued second (and final) book of poems by British-Canadian Maritimes poet John Thompson.
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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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The Deleted World
A brilliant selection of poems by Nobel prize winner Tomas Tranströmer, translated from the Swedish by renowned Scottish poet Robin Robertson.
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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.
