{"product_id":"deportment-porco-alessandro-9781771123808","title":"Deportment: The Poetry of Alice Burdick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeportment\u003c\/i\u003e is a selection of poems - surreal, cerebral, and defiant - by Alice Burdick. Burdick examines the dangers of dogma, women's rights, and environmental degradation in biting satires, moving elegies, and anti-sentimental lyrics filled with mischievous wordplay. The selection includes some of Burdick's most iconic poems as well as rare work from the beginning of her career in 1990s Toronto and previously unpublished material. Burdick's later poetry, more expansive in form and subject matter, addresses motherhood, the rural landscape, and sex and desire at middle age. \u003ci\u003eDeportment\u003c\/i\u003e makes the case for Alice Burdick as one of Canada's best poets, alongside figures such as Lisa Robertson, Karen Solie, and Sina Queyras. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlessandro Porco's introduction situates Burdick's early work within the Toronto small press scene, focusing on her fugitive chapbooks, broadsides, and literary ephemera while highlighting her formative relationships with Victor Coleman and Stuart Ross. He traces her move from Toronto to Nova Scotia in the early 2000s and the impact of publishing from the social and spatial margins of Canadian literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her afterword, Burdick reflects on everyday life - as a poet and citizen, daughter and mother -in both the zombieland of downtown Toronto and the alien geography of Eastern Canada. She explores how the comparative speed, sound, and density of urban and rural spaces have shaped her literary imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Porco Alessandro, Alice Burdick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 177112380X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771123808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Porco Alessandro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45478795706623,"sku":"9781771123808","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80a4b409-67d1-4f89-8aad-14962157633d.jpg?v=1715935758","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deportment-porco-alessandro-9781771123808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}