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{"id":7267140993083,"title":"The Elements","handle":"the-elements","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe new collection from Governor General’s Literary Award–winning poet and translator Erín Moure is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destruction. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Elements\u003c\/i\u003e is a family book, a thinker’s biography in poetry, and a polylingual homage. Poems about and for Moure’s late father — accepting his dementia as a real way of thinking “world” and “self” in a struggle against invasive powers — are braced alongside poems invoking the struggle of Galician peasants against the invasion of the armies of Napoleon. It is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destructions. By celebrating our ability to think and to revolt, it defends the human pull toward happiness and sovereignty, toward life, toward living. “The infinitely transmissible,” it says, “demands this polyvalent body.”\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-05-13T12:59:20-04:00","created_at":"2024-05-13T12:47:06-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Moure Erín","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2019-04-09"],"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":41713263640635,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487003722","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Elements - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487003722","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f9ab5f4b-c8f5-4302-bb9d-58157c70ea5a.jpg?v=1715618870"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f9ab5f4b-c8f5-4302-bb9d-58157c70ea5a.jpg?v=1715618870","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"This image is in shades of black and white. A statue on a cliff looks out over the ruins of an old city. The statue resembles a man with short curly hair. It has one arm out and is has a draped cloak around it. The ruins of the city are mainly rubble and stone walls with window openings. The buildings are densely packed together. Text: Erín Moure. The Elements. (Nam:Loz).","id":24539759575099,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f9ab5f4b-c8f5-4302-bb9d-58157c70ea5a.jpg?v=1715618870"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f9ab5f4b-c8f5-4302-bb9d-58157c70ea5a.jpg?v=1715618870","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe new collection from Governor General’s Literary Award–winning poet and translator Erín Moure is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destruction. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Elements\u003c\/i\u003e is a family book, a thinker’s biography in poetry, and a polylingual homage. Poems about and for Moure’s late father — accepting his dementia as a real way of thinking “world” and “self” in a struggle against invasive powers — are braced alongside poems invoking the struggle of Galician peasants against the invasion of the armies of Napoleon. It is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destructions. By celebrating our ability to think and to revolt, it defends the human pull toward happiness and sovereignty, toward life, toward living. “The infinitely transmissible,” it says, “demands this polyvalent body.”\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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She has won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry twice; has been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award three times; and has been a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize, Canada’s richest poetry prize. This remarkable new collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Elements\u003c\/em\u003e, is sure to draw further acclaim and awards attention.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e RECOGNIZED FOR WORK CENTRED AROUND UKRAINIAN-CANADIAN EXPERIENCES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eMost recently, Moure’s 2015 collection Kapusta (House of Anansi, 2015) was a finalist for the 2018 Kobzar Literary Award, a biennial prize recognizing “outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who develop a Ukrainian-Canadian theme with literary merit in one of several genres: literary non-fiction, fiction, poetry, young readers’ literature, plays, screenplays and musicals.”\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Accidents (Merlín)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat day I went into the trees\u003cbr\/\u003e —Give me nothing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy scope was interwoven\u003cbr\/\u003e birds sang their low\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecuckoo thing\u003cbr\/\u003e easily a wave\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall insects rose up into the wave of\u003cbr\/\u003e Openly\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Ábreme a luzporta!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSwimming in mere air or sheer air\u003cbr\/\u003e not quite sure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Could about be\u003cbr\/\u003e Yet why put such words in a single monstrance?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpen as those trees\u003cbr\/\u003e Our mermaid is\u003cbr\/\u003e its long branches trail out to a leaf or vein\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy mermaid is\u003cbr\/\u003e bark’s integument so salutory to view\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGive me nothing\u003cbr\/\u003e Give me not this monstrance\u003cbr\/\u003e The elements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor which I went today in morning\u003cbr\/\u003e my mouth black\u003cbr\/\u003e in the lightcup of the trees\u003c\/p\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_Review_0":"Moure’s wit and her eye for the beautiful infuse the poems . . . The collection is intensely rewarding, tender, and human as it attempts to name the unnameable, to bear the unbearable.","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Lynn Thomson","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Canadian Notes \u0026amp; Queries","OtherText_Review_1":"A formally exciting work.","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Emily Urquhart","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Montreal Review of Books","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Award winning poet and translator Erín Moure's collection is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destruction.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2019-04-09","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Award winning poet and translator Erín Moure's collection is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destruction.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Elements
Award winning poet and translator Erín Moure's collection is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destruction.
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The theological music that courses throughout the book was not a narrowing toward some esoteric knowledge but rather an opening toward a collective sense of enmeshment with the inscrutable world. This book\u0026nbsp;is a necessary reminder that ‘there is something inside \/ [us] that says live.’ \u003ci\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonder and a delight.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Billy-Ray Belcourt, author of This Wound Is a World and NDN Coping Mechanisms","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eMapping us through time, space, and geography, Sanna Wani’s debut collection \u003ci\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e spins a web of various griefs and loves. As visual as it is lyrical, Wani announces herself as a poet who pushes the experimentation of form forward, taking bold risks and literally reinventing the way that we see language. ‘A mosque is always directed toward Mecca. 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My Grief, the Sun: Special Edition
The highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani.
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{"id":7299166863419,"title":"The Seated Woman","handle":"the-seated-woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE POEMS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou fell asleep on the tiles,\u003cbr\u003e\n a translucent peacock loomed,\u003cbr\u003e\n your sex opened and let out\u003cbr\u003e\n a very blue, very high flame.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou wore a split veil, that morning.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilent, nailed to her chair, the seated woman writes. She cracks. The poems fidget, slip their fingers: they seek to enter. Perched on her shoulder, the poems whisper in her ear. She captures their messages: “I love the sacred contortions you offer me.” The poems protest: “You're squeezing us too hard: careful, pet.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than descriptors, the words behave as commands or moves in a game—and the voice of the seated woman rises to play.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-08-29T17:37:53-04:00","created_at":"2024-08-29T17:33:35-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Coming Soon","Adult LGBTQ+","Adult Poetry","Arachnide Editions","By (author) Dumas-Côté Clémence","pub date: 2025-03-25","Translated by Taillon E. S."],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"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":41820377481275,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487013295","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Seated Woman - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487013295","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41820377514043,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487013301","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Seated Woman - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487013301","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cea4935b-6441-4215-927b-3b2d3fc4fa92.jpg?v=1731623945"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cea4935b-6441-4215-927b-3b2d3fc4fa92.jpg?v=1731623945","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24915197198395,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.719,"height":2400,"width":1725,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cea4935b-6441-4215-927b-3b2d3fc4fa92.jpg?v=1731623945"},"aspect_ratio":0.719,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cea4935b-6441-4215-927b-3b2d3fc4fa92.jpg?v=1731623945","width":1725}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eTHE POEMS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou fell asleep on the tiles,\u003cbr\u003e\n a translucent peacock loomed,\u003cbr\u003e\n your sex opened and let out\u003cbr\u003e\n a very blue, very high flame.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou wore a split veil, that morning.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilent, nailed to her chair, the seated woman writes. She cracks. The poems fidget, slip their fingers: they seek to enter. Perched on her shoulder, the poems whisper in her ear. She captures their messages: “I love the sacred contortions you offer me.” The poems protest: “You're squeezing us too hard: careful, pet.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than descriptors, the words behave as commands or moves in a game—and the voice of the seated woman rises to play.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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She studied acting at the National Theatre School of Canada and holds a master's degree in creative writing. She is the author of two poetry books, \u003cem\u003eL'alphabet du don\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003eLa femme assise\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), and the novel \u003cem\u003eGlu\u003c\/em\u003e (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE. S. TAILLON\u003c\/strong\u003e is a queer, neurodivergent writer and the former managing editor at \u003cem\u003ePRISM\u003c\/em\u003e international magazine. They hold a master’s degree in French literature from the University of Toronto and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. They have published prose in \u003cem\u003eDéraciné\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003efilling Station\u003c\/em\u003e, and poetry in \u003cem\u003eCV2\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe \/tƐmz\/ Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAugur Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Their first literary translation, \u003cem\u003eScenes from the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e, was shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Dumas-Côté, Clémence (CA)","Contributor_1":"Taillon, E. S.","Description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE POEMS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou fell asleep on the tiles,\u003cbr\u003e\n a translucent peacock loomed,\u003cbr\u003e\n your sex opened and let out\u003cbr\u003e\n a very blue, very high flame.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou wore a split veil, that morning.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilent, nailed to her chair, the seated woman writes. She cracks. The poems fidget, slip their fingers: they seek to enter. Perched on her shoulder, the poems whisper in her ear. She captures their messages: “I love the sacred contortions you offer me.” The poems protest: “You're squeezing us too hard: careful, pet.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than descriptors, the words behave as commands or moves in a game—and the voice of the seated woman rises to play.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487013295","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Arachnide Editions","MetaKeywords":"Translation;Poetry Translation;Erín Moure;Arachnide;French Canadian;Dayne Ogilvie Prize;Scenes From the Underground;Les Herbs Rouges;Theophylline;Chantal Neveu;Poetry Bash;Poetry;French Poetry;Poetry in Translation;Khashayar Mohammadi;Kess Mohammadi;E.S Taillon;Klara Du Plessis","NumberOfPages":"72","OtherText_Accolades_0":"\u003cp\u003e\"E.S. 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The Seated Woman
With flexibility and invisible acrobatics, The Seated Woman presents, as in the theatre, a competitive dialogue between a woman and her poems.
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Shadow Price
Shadow Price is a stunning debut that examines the idea of value in a world that burns under our capitalist lens.
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{"id":7299167354939,"title":"Myth","handle":"myth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMyth\u003c\/em\u003e, the much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre, weaves between worlds (‘real’ and ‘imaginary’) unearthing the unsettling: our jaded and joyful relationships to land, ancestry, trauma, self, and future. In three movements and two interludes, the poems in \u003cem\u003eMyth\u003c\/em\u003e move symphonically from tropical islands to barren cities, from lucid dreams to the mysteries of reality, from the sea to the cosmos. A dynamic mix of speculative poetry and ecstatic lyricism, the otherworldly and the sublime, Pierre’s poems never stray too long or too far from the spell of unspoiled nature: “The palm trees nod \/ at the ocean \/ the ocean does \/ what it always does \/ trusts the moon completely.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFriends ‘with benefits’ tour the wonders of Grenada’s landscapes; extraterrestrials visit the Caribbean and the locals don’t seem phased; red birds “saunter airily like tourists,” La Diablesse lures helpless suitors to their dooms. This collection asks: How can myths manifest themselves in our daily lives? What do we actually mean when we say we love ourselves and others? And how do we pursue\/create futures that honour our truths, histories and legacies?\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-08-29T17:50:22-04:00","created_at":"2024-08-29T17:44:24-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult Coming Soon","Adult Poetry","By (author) Mason Pierre Terese","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2025-04-01"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"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":41820379906107,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487013042","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Myth - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487013042","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41820379971643,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487013059","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Myth - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487013059","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c41dcdd8-d2e4-4686-802f-0f611e4cb653.jpg?v=1731623765"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c41dcdd8-d2e4-4686-802f-0f611e4cb653.jpg?v=1731623765","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24915195559995,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.719,"height":2400,"width":1725,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c41dcdd8-d2e4-4686-802f-0f611e4cb653.jpg?v=1731623765"},"aspect_ratio":0.719,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c41dcdd8-d2e4-4686-802f-0f611e4cb653.jpg?v=1731623765","width":1725}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMyth\u003c\/em\u003e, the much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre, weaves between worlds (‘real’ and ‘imaginary’) unearthing the unsettling: our jaded and joyful relationships to land, ancestry, trauma, self, and future. In three movements and two interludes, the poems in \u003cem\u003eMyth\u003c\/em\u003e move symphonically from tropical islands to barren cities, from lucid dreams to the mysteries of reality, from the sea to the cosmos. A dynamic mix of speculative poetry and ecstatic lyricism, the otherworldly and the sublime, Pierre’s poems never stray too long or too far from the spell of unspoiled nature: “The palm trees nod \/ at the ocean \/ the ocean does \/ what it always does \/ trusts the moon completely.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFriends ‘with benefits’ tour the wonders of Grenada’s landscapes; extraterrestrials visit the Caribbean and the locals don’t seem phased; red birds “saunter airily like tourists,” La Diablesse lures helpless suitors to their dooms. This collection asks: How can myths manifest themselves in our daily lives? What do we actually mean when we say we love ourselves and others? And how do we pursue\/create futures that honour our truths, histories and legacies?\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487010720","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487011826","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487012250","BASICMainSubject":"POE024000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POETRY \/ Women Authors","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTERESE MASON PIERRE\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eROOM\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrick\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUncanny\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFantasy Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Her work has been a finalist for the bpNichol Chapbook Award, Best of the Net, the Ignyte Award, and the Aurora Award. She is a winner of the Writers’ Trust Journey Prize, and was named a Writers’ Trust Rising Star in 2023. 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She is a winner of the Writers’ Trust Journey Prize, and was named a Writers’ Trust Rising Star in 2023. She is the author of the chapbooks \u003cem\u003eSurface Area\u003c\/em\u003e (Anstruther Press, 2019), and \u003cem\u003eManifest\u003c\/em\u003e (Gap Riot Press, 2020). Terese lives and works in Toronto, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Mason Pierre, Terese (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMyth\u003c\/em\u003e, the much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre, weaves between worlds (‘real’ and ‘imaginary’) unearthing the unsettling: our jaded and joyful relationships to land, ancestry, trauma, self, and future. In three movements and two interludes, the poems in \u003cem\u003eMyth\u003c\/em\u003e move symphonically from tropical islands to barren cities, from lucid dreams to the mysteries of reality, from the sea to the cosmos. 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Terese is also the editor of the forthcoming anthology of black speculative writing, \u003cem\u003eAs the Earth Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, Anansi, Spring 2025 (title and pub date TBC).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2025-04-01","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"5.75","WidthCode":"in"}
Myth
The much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre.
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Wellwater
The poems in Karen Solie’s sixth collection explore the intersection of cultural, economic, and personal ideas of value.
