{"product_id":"slow-states-of-collapse-ashley-elizabeth-best-9781770413191","title":"Slow States of Collapse","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe eagerly anticipated debut from one of Canada's most exciting new poets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her debut collection, Ashley-Elizabeth Best explores the cultivation of resilience during uncertain and often trying times. It's a book built around day-to-day conflicts -- poems about love, family, grief, power, and longing. Navigating the fault lines of popular culture and traditional poetry to assert that we are all history makers, \u003ci\u003eSlow States of Collapse\u003c\/i\u003e enters the landscape of personal narrative in an attempt to reconcile life's little universal griefs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlow States of Collapse\u003c\/i\u003e presents a world that is at once menacing and full of wonder and grace. It's a poetry of \"casual cruelty\" and \"kisses like \/ puncture wounds,\" of \"something too tender to touch\" and \"the threat of an intense beauty.\" In this collection, illness confronts bedside manners while a migrant restlessness also paints remarkable portraits of shifting self-image, and in the process the nature of personal and political power is reimagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley-Elizabeth Best\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770413197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770413191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Misfit Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Ashley-Elizabeth Best","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097066578175,"sku":"9781770413191","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slow-states-of-collapse-ashley-elizabeth-best-9781770413191","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}