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{"id":7014714671163,"title":"The 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology","handle":"the-2023-griffin-poetry-prize-anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe universe makes a sound—is a sound.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the core of this sound there's a silence, \u003cbr\u003e\na silence that creates a sound, which is not its opposite,\u003cbr\u003e\nbut its inseparable soul. And this silence can also be heard.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n—Etal Adnan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Griffin Poetry Prize is among the world's most significant prizes in literature. Awarded each year to the most outstanding volumes of poetry published worldwide, the prize recognizes works written in, and translated into, English. This anthology, edited by Gregory Scofield, offers a selection of poems from the 2023 shortlist, together with the judges' citations.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-10-14T10:45:57-04:00","created_at":"2022-10-13T16:52:54-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","Edited by Scofield Gregory","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2023-07-04","The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1999,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40874728161339,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487011802","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1999,"weight":204,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487011802","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40874728357947,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487011819","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487011819","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_670ed5d2-e8e3-429e-befe-91db8e786588.jpg?v=1721311349"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_670ed5d2-e8e3-429e-befe-91db8e786588.jpg?v=1721311349","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover: The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2023: A Selection of the Shortlist. Robyn Creswell \/ Iman Mersal \/ Ada Limón \/ Susan Musgrave \/ Roger Reeves \/ Ocean Vuong. Edited by Gregory Scofield. In the centre of the cover is an abstract art piece in black, white, red, and blue.","id":24700728705083,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_670ed5d2-e8e3-429e-befe-91db8e786588.jpg?v=1721311349"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_670ed5d2-e8e3-429e-befe-91db8e786588.jpg?v=1721311349","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe universe makes a sound—is a sound.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the core of this sound there's a silence, \u003cbr\u003e\na silence that creates a sound, which is not its opposite,\u003cbr\u003e\nbut its inseparable soul. And this silence can also be heard.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n—Etal Adnan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Griffin Poetry Prize is among the world's most significant prizes in literature. Awarded each year to the most outstanding volumes of poetry published worldwide, the prize recognizes works written in, and translated into, English. This anthology, edited by Gregory Scofield, offers a selection of poems from the 2023 shortlist, together with the judges' citations.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology
The prestigious and highly anticipated annual anthology of the best poetry from the shortlist of the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize.
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Inheritance
A Korean Canadian woman returns to the prairies, where she revisits her childhood and confronts a haunting guilt.
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Torngat Sketches
Sarah Leavitt's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban writers to some of the world’s most extreme environments.
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Brilliant analysis of the implications of technology-driven globalization on everyday life from one of Canada's most influential philosophers.
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Thanks to her wild head of hair, Malie gets all tangled up with an unexpected cast of characters in this funny, stylish twist of a tall tale.
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Democracy on Trial
In her 1993 CBC Massey Lectures, political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain delves into complex issues to evaluate democracy's chances for survival.
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Emma Healey’s provocative collection of prose poems explores the urgent themes of feminism, mental illness, sexuality and artistic practice.
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I found it fascinating; I love the book.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Linda Ronstadt, vocalist, songwriter, and bestselling author of Simple Dreams","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003eThose of us who grew up in the Darwinian slaughterhouse of New Jersey couldn’t have imagined the paradise so accurately described in \u003cem \u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e. Through the years I became familiar with most of the characters in this book, yet I learned something new on every page. 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Here he zooms in tighter on less trodden ground, with more revelatory results.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLos Angles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003eSelvin tells this inside story as if he were right there … \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden \u003c\/em\u003eis a lively and well-researched book.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_11":"\u003cp\u003eForget the subtitle, which is its own myth. The book is in stray facts no one else would dig up, yet alone think of publishing … and, in this ten-years-on-the-strip tale of white people coming out of University High in Los Angeles and making records, the way Selvin can cut right down to what really matters, over and over again.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_11_Auth":"Greil Marcus","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Los Angeles Review of Books","OtherText_Review_12":"\u003cp\u003eMy life back in those days was truly ‘fun fun fun’ and \u003cem \u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e beautifully captures our Fifties and Sixties California music scene. Please don’t change a word!\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_12_Auth":"Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys","OtherText_Review_13":"\u003cp\u003eThere’s a panoramic sweep to Joel Selvin’s \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e. It’s a story told not as a history, but as a dramatic tale, an adventure, with scenes described so vividly, they become cinematic.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Rock \u0026 Roll Globe","OtherText_Review_14":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e doesn’t shy away from the darkness that often boiled under the sun-flecked harmonies, but it ultimately celebrates these audacious young people and the enduring art they created … \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid and engaging snapshot of California in the 1960s — both the harsh reality and the fantasy world of song.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"The Second Disc","OtherText_Review_15":"\u003cp\u003eBehind the scenes it wasn’t always fun, fun, fun, but fans of late ’50s and ’60s pop will feel like they’ve caught the perfect wave.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Selvin tells this inside story as if he were right there … \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden \u003c\/em\u003eis a lively and well-researched book.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Forget the subtitle, which is its own myth. The book is in stray facts no one else would dig up, yet alone think of publishing … and, in this ten-years-on-the-strip tale of white people coming out of University High in Los Angeles and making records, the way Selvin can cut right down to what really matters, over and over again.” — \u003cstrong\u003eGreil Marcus, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“My life back in those days was truly ‘fun fun fun’ and \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e beautifully captures our Fifties and Sixties California music scene. Please don’t change a word!” — \u003cstrong\u003eBruce Johnston of the Beach Boys, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“There’s a panoramic sweep to Joel Selvin’s \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e. It’s a story told not as a history, but as a dramatic tale, an adventure, with scenes described so vividly, they become cinematic.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRock \u0026 Roll Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e doesn’t shy away from the darkness that often boiled under the sun-flecked harmonies, but it ultimately celebrates these audacious young people and the enduring art they created … \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid and engaging snapshot of California in the 1960s — both the harsh reality and the fantasy world of song.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Second Disc\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“Behind the scenes it wasn’t always fun, fun, fun, but fans of late ’50s and ’60s pop will feel like they’ve caught the perfect wave.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“Selvin’s style and his arrangement of biographies, incidents, random meetings with immense consequences in the microcosm of Greater L.A. make it hard to put the title down, as it reads like an action-packed movie script.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePop Culture Shelf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003eFor a tale of dreams, there’s a lot of hustle going on in \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e … For every sonic visionary, be it [Brian] Wilson or Phil Spector, there are a dozen people scraping by … What Selvin does so well is focus on a specific community and what made it work … Selvin took a similar approach in his ’60s Bay Area pop book, \u003cem\u003eSummer of Love\u003c\/em\u003e. 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The story of a group of young artists and musicians who came together at the dawn of the 1960s to create the lasting myth of the California dream.
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The Politics of the Family
In his 1968 CBC Massey Lectures R. D. Laing discusses how and why we value society's notions of family over our own.
