{"product_id":"the-century-ireann-lorsung-9781571314833","title":"The Century: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award in Poetry\u003cbr\u003eA Literary Hub \"Most Anticipated Book of 2020\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA meticulously detailed catalogue of ordinary people performing acts of extraordinary violence, \u003cem\u003eThe Century \u003c\/em\u003echarts an awakening to structures of dominance and violence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of witness poetry, \u003cem\u003eThe Century\u003c\/em\u003e tugs apart the quotidian horrors required to perpetuate acts of violence like the Holocaust, the deployment of nuclear weapons in Japan and Iraq, American slavery and its lingering aftermath. When ﾉireann Lorsung writes of death and dying, of \"bodies in the fields becoming the fields,\" it's the simplicity that's most haunting. After a fire, \"some of their skin moved off of them as they ran, a very \/ simple melting...\" But these poems don't just witness; they also resist and serve as models for resistant lives. Pushing back against form and grammar, constructions of time and geography, Lorsung traces decades of technological, geopolitical, and cultural shifts through generations and across continents as networks of dominance continue to be stubbornly upheld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Century \u003c\/em\u003eis evasive but thorny, splintering in the mind. This collection is a reminder that the arrival of each new century, decade, or year brings with it an invitation to join ongoing movements of resistance, air pockets of hope in the waters that we all swim or drown in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e ﾉireann Lorsung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/23\/2020","brand":"ﾉireann Lorsung","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987436011775,"sku":"9781571314833","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1cb9038e-8576-41d3-ad9d-689285f91a92.jpg?v=1683288977","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-century-ireann-lorsung-9781571314833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}