{"product_id":"poetry-bundle-art-meets-art","title":"Poetry Bundle 4: Art meets Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eGet more NeWest books for less with our NeWest bundles!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bundle includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.newestpress.com\/products\/let-us-not-think-of-them-as-barbarians?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=9aef8a9da\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003elet us not think of them as barbarians\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newest-press.squarespace.com\/authors\/peter-midgley\" title=\"Peter Midgley\"\u003ePeter Midgley\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eet us not think of them as barbarians\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a bold narrative of love, migration, and war hewn from the stones of Namibia. Sensual and intimate, these evocative poems fold into each other to renew and undermine multiple poetic traditions. These poems call out as an act of linguistic and cultural translation that gradually assembles an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eombindi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—an ancestral cairn—from a history of violent disruption. Underlying the intense language is an exploration of African philosophy and its potential for changing our view of the world. Even as the poems look to the past, they push the reader towards a future that is as relevant to contemporary Canada as it is to the Namibian earth that bled them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.newestpress.com\/products\/a-revision-of-forward?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=120098711\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003eA Revision of Forward\u003c\/a\u003e by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newest-press.squarespace.com\/authors\/wendy-mcgrath\" title=\"Wendy Mcgrath\"\u003eWendy Mcgrath\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy turns tender and rough-hewn, and always structurally inventive, the poems in Wendy McGrath’s new collection show a writer reaching the height of her creative powers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhether evoking the vulgar give-and-take of a men’s poker night, fleeting moments of connection between mothers and sons, afternoons spent in overgrown backyard gardens, or wondrous childhood trips to the drive-in, McGrath’s feel for the bygone details of working-class life is uncanny. The book’s highlight is the playful poetic sequence that gives the book its title, the product of a more-than-decade-long improvisational collaboration with printmaker Walter Jule, a series of not-quite-mirror poems whose meanings reflect on each other in kaleidoscopic ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.newestpress.com\/products\/tar-swan?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=50426029c\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003eTar Swan\u003c\/a\u003e by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newest-press.squarespace.com\/authors\/david-martin\" title=\"David Martin\"\u003eDavid Martin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e•\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eShortlisted for the 2019 Raymond Souster Award!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e•\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eFinalist for the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e•\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWinner for Book Design at the 2019 Alberta Book Publishing Awards!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTar Swan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a multi-voiced reckoning that surveys the mythos of the Alberta oil sands with an approach that is both lyrical and experimental. The poems feature four voices: an oil sands developer, his plant mechanic, an archaeologist excavating the remains of the operation in the present day, and a mythical swan. David Martin’s debut collection is comprised of expansive and richly written poems, built on a lore-laden language, which explore the human and environmental cost of drawing too much from the land. As the three humans come into contact with the otherworldly swan, the voices bubble and churn together, and what is distilled is a psychological breakdown paralleling the toll taken on the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NeWest Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48382553915647,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/7588\/1215\/files\/PoetryBundle4.jpg?v=1775677262","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.newestpress.com\/products\/poetry-bundle-art-meets-art","provider":"NeWest Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}