{"product_id":"fast-commute-laurie-d-graham-9780771051975","title":"Fast Commute: A Poem","description":"\u003cb\u003eTrillium Book Award for Poetry, Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epowerful book-length poem on environmental destruction and the violences of colonial nation-states from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSettler Education\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a lament for places in flux, where industrial, commercial, or suburban development encroaches or invades. From Highway 401 to Refinery Row east of Edmonton, from Lake Ontario to the Fraser River, this long poem\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etakes aim at the structures that support ecological injustice and attempts new forms of expression grounded in respect for flora, fauna, water, land, and air. It also wrestles with the impossibility of speaking ethically about \"the environment\" as a settler living within and benefiting from the will to destroy that so often doubles as nationalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing physical routes and terrains, \u003ci\u003eFast Commute\u003c\/i\u003e exists both within and outside the dissociative registers of colonialism and capitalism. This deeply engaging book offers a way to see, learn about, and live in relationship with other-than-human life, and to begin dealing with loss on a grand scale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie D. Graham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0771051972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780771051975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Laurie D. Graham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990634168575,"sku":"9780771051975","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7fd09a36-6863-45f2-9868-3277b7cdc03b.jpg?v=1683305781","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fast-commute-laurie-d-graham-9780771051975","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}