{"product_id":"across-the-vapour-gulf-will-alexander-9780811226813","title":"Across the Vapour Gulf","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Will Alexander's work, \"Every poem reads like a subversive, alchemical wonder. It is tempting to label Alexander a surrealist or experimentalist, but he is truly a singular voice\" (Jackson Poetry Prize citation).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Composed and collected by slow accretion over the span of thirty years, \u003cem\u003eAcross the Vapour Gulf\u003c\/em\u003e opens with a note by the poet: \"When I first laid eyes on the writing of Cioran I was smitten by the form. The aphorism seemed cleansed of detritus--in Cioran's hands, it seemed to spontaneously ignite. Poetry, history, philosophy, the essay, medicinally combined, appearing on the other side of itself as insight. Reading Cioran opened an unexpected neural pathway, opening the way for the composition of the compilation at hand. Each entry was instantaneous. They welled up and appeared with such astonishing alacrity, that they seemed to compose themselves practically fully formed.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Will Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811226816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811226813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.20d","brand":"Will Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44212992213247,"sku":"9780811226813","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_917fa846-7e5d-4eab-86c9-3f592a849c67.jpg?v=1692111437","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/across-the-vapour-gulf-will-alexander-9780811226813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}