{"product_id":"are-the-rivers-in-your-moez-surani-9781771665384","title":"Are the Rivers in Your Poems Real","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing Surani's previous collection \u003ci\u003eOperations\u003c\/i\u003e, which excavated the debasement done to language by nations worldwide, how does one return to using language for poetry? \u003ci\u003eAre the Rivers in Your Poems Real\u003c\/i\u003e responds to this question. Amidst the dangers of figurative language, the coercion of sentimentality and the insidious freight of abstraction, these poems embody the necessity for the critical, the communal, the real. This collection uses conceptual critiques of public discourse and experimental social cartographies, as well as lyrics of intimacy, to defy prescribed ways of being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre the Rivers in Your Poems Real\u003c\/i\u003e is an act of resistance against dangerous and domineering narratives, and the power they inscribe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moez Surani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771665386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771665384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Moez Surani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078619099391,"sku":"9781771665384","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9768437-5e3f-48a6-8831-70d0ff64027c.jpg?v=1685476536","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/are-the-rivers-in-your-moez-surani-9781771665384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}