{"product_id":"beholden-fred-wah-9781772012118","title":"Beholden: A Poem as Long as the River","description":"\u003cp\u003eComprised of two lines of poetic text flowing along a 114-foot-long map of the Columbia River, this powerful image-poem by acclaimed poets Fred Wah and Rita Wong presents language yearning to understand the consequences of our hydroelectric manipulation of one of North America's largest river systems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003ebeholden: a poem as long as the river\u003c\/em\u003e stems from the interdisciplinary artistic research project \"River Relations: A Beholder's Share of the Columbia River,\" undertaken as a response to the damming and development of the Columbia River in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon, as well as to the upcoming renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty. Authors Fred Wah and Rita Wong spent time exploring various stretches of the river, all the way to its mouth near Astoria, Oregon. They then spent several months creating long poems along the Columbia, each searching for a language that evoked the complexities of our colonial appropriation of it.\u003cem\u003e beholden\u003c\/em\u003e was then assembled as a page-turning book that reproduces the two long poems as they respond to the meanderings of the river flowing two thousand kilometres through Canada, the United States, and the territories and reserves of Indigenous Peoples. Visual artist Nick Conbere then transferred this winding footprint into a monumental, 114-foot horizontal banner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003ebeholden: a poem as long as the river\u003c\/em\u003e \"reads\" the geographic, historical, political, and social dimensions of the Columbia River, literally and figuratively, proposing two contrasting kinds of attention. As both a stand-alone poem and an accompanying piece to the visual installation exhibited at various galleries, \u003cem\u003ebeholden\u003c\/em\u003e represents a vital contribution to a larger dialogue around the river through visual art, writing, and public engagement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred Wah, Rita Wong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1772012114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781772012118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Talonbooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 10.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Fred Wah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979645124863,"sku":"9781772012118","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_156106d7-f370-410e-9cf3-979f9a43cd6d.jpg?v=1683246352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beholden-fred-wah-9781772012118","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}