{"product_id":"clouds-upside-down-among-the-cal-bedient-9781632432131","title":"Clouds Upside Down Among the Flowers:: New \u0026 Selected","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoetry that imagines how to live with realness, creativity, and vibrance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eClouds Upside Down Among the Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e speak to the emotionally and existentially tough challenge presented by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in \u003ci\u003eWhat is Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e: \"It may be that believing in this world, in this life, becomes our most difficult task.\"Filled with wit, color, and high-spirited invention, these selected poems offer no room for softness and sentiment. They carry variant voices, whispers like dramatic asides, and mind-expanding assertions as they reveal their layers and nuances. Bedient confronts disasters of politics, love, and faithless time, never turning away from the glinting axe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This collection also includes new poems that are direct in dealing with the difficulties of keeping faith through life. They recognize that making something--for instance, poetry--is necessary to coach the world into realness and render oneself real in the process, a journey of both intensive investigation and creativity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cal Bedient\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632432137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632432131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnidawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Cal Bedient","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154181239039,"sku":"9781632432131","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d91f77f-f20b-47a7-bdc9-eed3ee6757c4.jpg?v=1770788439","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clouds-upside-down-among-the-cal-bedient-9781632432131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}