{"product_id":"against-the-hard-angle-matt-robinson-9781550229158","title":"Against the Hard Angle","description":"The two sections that comprise matt robinson's fourth full-length volume of poetry, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Hard Angle\u003c\/i\u003e, though disparate in terms of form -- the first consisting primarily of a long poem; the other a collection of shorter lyrical pieces -- nonetheless share a common concern with ideas of relationship and its examination. At their core, these are poems about where we stand in relation to the rest of our various worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the collection's opening section, the eponymous (and 2009 Malahat Review Long Poem Award winning) \"against the hard angle\" steadily develops a grudging momentum, all the while searching for a way to articulate loss, in the end becoming a kind of meditative catalogue of relationship breakdown and divorce. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe second section takes as its immediate subject matter a different sort of relationship altogether. Having returned home after nearly a decade elsewhere, these are poems that reference robinson's native Halifax, NS, more specifically and vividly than in his previous work; these are lines with \"the near \/ magical pull of some deep-seeded magnet now spinning, \/ we'd guess, completely \/ and fully out of control -- a crazed, elemental \/ ballet.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart extended love song to and for a city and part meditation on what a city can both say to and about us, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Hard Angle\u003c\/i\u003e uses some of Halifax's most and least famous places as jumping off points for a stop-and-start lyrical tour of eastern Canada's largest urban centre, a sometimes fraught journey that leaves us \"all tendon-tensed, \/ against impact, near white-knuckled to \/ breakage.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155022915X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550229158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Misfit Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Matt Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518903529727,"sku":"9781550229158","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dab41cf0-c788-425c-93c0-dd71c262af03.jpg?v=1778736095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/against-the-hard-angle-matt-robinson-9781550229158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}