{"product_id":"letters-in-a-bruised-cosmos-liz-howard-9780771037573","title":"Letters in a Bruised Cosmos","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe latest from the author of the Griffin Poetry Prize Award-winning collection\u003ci\u003e Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE, FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRILLIUM BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY, FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI have to believe my account will outpace its ending.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe danger and necessity of living with each other is at the core of Liz Howard's daring and intimate second collection. \u003ci\u003eLetters in a Bruised Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e asks who do we become after the worst has happened? Invoking the knowledge histories of Western and Indigenous astrophysical science, Howard takes us on a breakneck river course of radiant and perilous survival in which we are invited to \"reforge [ourselves] inside tomorrow's humidex\". Everyday observation, family history, and personal tragedy are sublimated here in a propulsive verse that is relentlessly its own. Part autobiography, part philosophical puzzlement, part love song, \u003ci\u003eLetters in a Bruised Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that once read will not soon be forgotten. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liz Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0771037570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780771037573\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 06\/08\/2021\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 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Liz Howard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044681019647,"sku":"9780771037573","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa376afe-5ccc-4c73-8926-554ed2e9ab53.jpg?v=1684974259","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-in-a-bruised-cosmos-liz-howard-9780771037573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}