{"product_id":"ardour-nicole-brossard-9781552453223","title":"Ardour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Nicole Brossard] is a wholly singular writer, part of a larger movement of Qu饕ec Women's writing, part of feminist writing, avant-garde writing, part of lesbian writing, but wholly, unequivocally, herself.\"--Sina Queyras\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003esomething like wait for me\u003cbr\u003ein the braille of scars\u003cbr\u003etonight can i suggest a little punctuation\u003cbr\u003ecircle half-moon vertical line of astonishment\u003cbr\u003ea pause that transforms\u003cbr\u003elight and breath\u003cbr\u003einto language and threshold of fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven as vowels tremble in danger and worldly destruction repeats itself on the horizon, \u003ci\u003eArdour \u003c\/i\u003ereminds us that the silence pulsing within us is also a language of connection. In these poems, intimacy with the other is another astonishment--a pleasant gasp, a \"pause that transforms light and breath into language and threshold of fire.\" Since her first book appeared fifty years ago, Nicole Brossard has left us breathless, expanding our notion of poetry and its possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicole Brossard \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, novelist, and essayist who has published more than thirty books since 1965 that have been translated into several languages. She has received two Governor General's Awards for poetry, the Canada Council's Molson Prize, le Prix Athanase-David, and the prestigious Chevali鑽e de l'Ordre National du Qu饕ec. She lives in Montreal, Qu饕ec.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Carr \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet and translator. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eHere in There\u003c\/i\u003e. Originally from Montreal, Qu饕ec, she currently lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicole Brossard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552453227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552453223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.30w x 0.40d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicole Brossard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068588519679,"sku":"9781552453223","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f7d36ca-23c1-4d4f-b314-feeffebd66ff.jpg?v=1685419876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ardour-nicole-brossard-9781552453223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}