{"product_id":"cinema-of-the-present-lisa-robertson-9781552452974","title":"Cinema of the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Robertson proves hard to explain but easy to enjoy. . . . Dauntlessly and resourcefully intellectual, Robertson can also be playful or blunt. . . . She wields language expertly, even beautifully.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the cinema of the present were a Mius strip of language, a montage of statements and questions sutured together and gradually accumulating color? Would the seams afford a new sensibility around the pronoun \"you\"? Would the precise words of philosophy, fashion, books, architecture, and history animate a new vision, gestural and oblique? Is the kinetic pronoun cinema?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese and other questions are answered in the new collection from acclaimed poet and essayist Lisa Robertson. The book is available with four different back covers, designed by artists Hadley+Maxwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA quorum of crows will be your witness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if you discover you were bought?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou note the smell of rain, bread, and exhaust mixed with tiredness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if you yourself are incompatible with your view of the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd what is the subject but a stitching?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce again you are the one who promotes artifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt 2 am on Friday, you burn with a maudlin premonition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd rankings and rankings and badges and repetitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e's book \u003ci\u003eLisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip\u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2010 and was longlisted for the 2011 Warwick Prize. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eDebbie: An Epic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Weather\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOccasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the 2014 Bain Swiggett Professor at Princeton University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Robertson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552452972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552452974\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\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 39\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Robertson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939581559039,"sku":"9781552452974","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4cafa7da-dc15-453d-ac2c-02e8f4fdaa9c.jpg?v=1681442335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinema-of-the-present-lisa-robertson-9781552452974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}