{"product_id":"jaccuse-george-elliott-clarke-9781550969535","title":"J'Accuse...!: (Poem Versus Silence)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse...!\u003c\/i\u003e is so dynamic, joyous in its language and emotion, and consistently exciting, engrossing.... A page-turner! And mysteriously easy to read given the inventiveness, color, and torsion of the poetic language.... A wonderful combination of the sophisticated, the primal, and the available. Great poetry has this sense of generous, human outreach from a very high and deep place. Something that comes down from the mountain yet without condescending.\" \u003cbr\u003e --A.F. Moritz, Guggenheim Award \u0026amp; Griffin Poetry Prize Laureate \u0026amp; Toronto Poet Laureate (2019-23)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to be \"cancelled,\" to be shouted down by the virulently self-righteous, and to be permitted no hearing, no defence?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse...! (Poem \u003c\/i\u003eVersus\u003ci\u003e Silence), \u003c\/i\u003e an essay-in-poetry by Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate emeritus, George Elliott Clarke contemplates how terrifyingly easy it was for him to fall victim - in January 2020 - to shrill defamation and scurrilous denunciation, to face \"anti-social\" media intimidation - all facilitated by reportage that spurred outrage rather than reflection. The result? Censorship and silencing, blacklisting and gag orders, the specialty of tyrannies, including the newfangled cult of #8220;cancellaires\" and \"digilantes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse...! \u003c\/i\u003eis a poignant manifesto that calls upon intellectuals and radicals to never submit to impulses that intentionally, or even unintentionally, forbid debate and questioning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse...! \u003c\/i\u003eponders what is truly unspeakable: injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ'Accuse...! \u003c\/i\u003eis a \u003ci\u003ecri-de-coeur\u003c\/i\u003e that unflinchingly reveals the personal cost - borne by all poets who strive to \"bear witness to Treasure - \/ despite all opposing Battery.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Elliott Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550969536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550969535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Exile Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"George Elliott Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996052259071,"sku":"9781550969535","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62c3a495-e834-4a89-99f4-a281b2901458.jpg?v=1683339423","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jaccuse-george-elliott-clarke-9781550969535","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}