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Widows and Orphans
In Port Ellis, there's no off-season for murder! No. 2 in the bestselling Quill & Packet Mystery series.
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Through roving tours of tone and tactic … Hannah Green mounts a contemporary antihero with both a light and devastating touch, knowing just when to loosen the slack and when to jerk the line arrestingly taut.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Jury Citation, 2021 Bronwen Wallace Award","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eUnorthodox \u0026 cutting edge; this book is an experimental long poem with recurring characters and inventive forms. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Western, remade: this work is both an homage and an ironic commentary on the Western genre.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eUnorthodox \u0026 cutting edge; this book is an experimental long poem with recurring characters and inventive forms. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Western, remade: this work is both an homage and an ironic commentary on the Western genre.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e\"Green’s debut is timely and witty. It leaves nothing off stage, hides nothing. It is a revelation of living in our anxious times. It is wisely engaging.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"Hannah Green’s figurative language is so dazzling, her tone so sardonically witty … her debut is indeed a romp.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Shakespearean Rag","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"Even as it treats serious topics like romanticizing addiction, \u003cem\u003eXanax Cowboy \u003c\/em\u003eis riotously funny, brimming with wit and bravado … Exceptional debut.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eARC Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Freefall","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Reading [\u003cem\u003eXanax Cowboy\u003c\/em\u003e] is an undeniably cinematic experience … There is so much gold that has been dug-up in this wild-west.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fiddlehead \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"The Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\"Playing on the way suffering has been romanticized in writers and in cowboys, Green skewers this cultural demand for authenticity.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e\"A true original – smart and aggressive and assured.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespearean Rag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e\"A bingeable book of poetry … \u003cem\u003eXanax Cowboy \u003c\/em\u003edisplays a raw honesty on important topics. Green balances tone and content, form and media, to deliver a powerhouse of a debut book from title to finishing line.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreefall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"The Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"ARC Poetry","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e\"Breaching borders and breaking boundaries … [\u003cem\u003eXanax Cowboy\u003c\/em\u003e] subverts expectations with feminist contortions in the twists and turns of phrase, form, and verse.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Miramichi Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“Brimming with verve, wit and bravado, Hannah Green’s \u003cem\u003eXanax Cowboy\u003c\/em\u003e is a brain-jolting joy.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ampersand Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis edgy, often darkly comedic long poem considers the romanticization of addiction and mental illness via the romanticization of the Wild West.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"01","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeName_0":"Governor General's Literary Award in the Poetry Category","PrizeName_1":"League of Canadian Poets' Gerald Lampert Memorial Award","PrizeName_2":"CBC 2023 Best Canadian Poetry","PrizeYear_0":"2023","PrizeYear_1":"2024","PrizeYear_2":"2023","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2023-04-04","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis edgy, often darkly comedic long poem considers the romanticization of addiction and mental illness via the romanticization of the Wild West.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"Poems","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
Xanax Cowboy
This edgy, often darkly comedic long poem considers the romanticization of addiction and mental illness via the romanticization of the Wild West.
