{"product_id":"i-want-to-tell-you-eric-schmaltz-9781773852294","title":"I Want to Tell You Love: A Critical Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003ebill bissett and Milton Acorn are two of Canada's most significant, and most controversial, literary figures. In the 1960s, bissett's renown as an experimental poet was growing as his social and political concerns were stirred by the voice of the counterculture. Acorn, inspired by socialist theory and imagism, was building his reputation as a poet on the margin who ran against the grain of the literary establishment. Both were rising towards cultural prominence--one, a true beatnik and the other, a certifiably rugged lyric poet. In 1965 they came together in a remarkable collaboration, a challenge to the established literary tradition and a call for a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished for the very first time, \u003cem\u003eI Want to Tell You Love\u003c\/em\u003e is the combination of bissett and Acorn's seemingly incongruous poetics to confront the turbulent and swiftly changing world of the 1960s. A collection of poems and illustrations, it is a window into the lives and motivations of two soon-to-be-canonized cultural figures. \u003cem\u003eI Want to Tell You Love\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of friendship, a shared vision of resistance, and a mutual longing for a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis critical edition offers the manuscript in its intended form alongside contextualizing scholarship in a significant contribution to literary history. \u003cem\u003eI Want to Tell You Love\u003c\/em\u003e offers an opportunity to reevaluate the nature and scope of Canadian poetry during a critical time of national cultural awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Schmaltz, Bill Bissett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773852299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773852294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Calgary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Eric Schmaltz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993367773439,"sku":"9781773852294","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8fd837b-d502-46af-89d9-d20b7185d7c6.jpg?v=1683323950","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-want-to-tell-you-eric-schmaltz-9781773852294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}