{"product_id":"the-civilizing-discourse-evan-jones-9781550656640","title":"The Civilizing Discourse: Interviews with Canadian Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If I can impart one final message, beyond the usual declarative to read poetry and buy poetry books,\" writes \u003cb\u003eEvan Jones\u003c\/b\u003e in his introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Civilizing Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e, \"it is to listen to poets. The real ones offer wisdom and a perspective at odds with prevalent visions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a series of passionate, enlightening, frank, engaging, and sometimes astonishing conversations, thirteen poets-many acknowledged masters-open up about their writing processes, their childhoods and marriages, their regrets, as well as their hopes for and frustration with poetry. From Norm Sibum describing his affinity with a waitresses and cabbies to Nyla Matuk's wrenching investigations into the Palestinian side of her family; from Don Coles's obsession with alternative universes to Robyn Sarah's praise for discarded things; from Elise Partridge describing her shift in priorities after a cancer diagnosis to Steven Heighton's interest in remaining childlike, \u003ci\u003eThe Civilizing Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a highly readable record of the literary scene today, but, in its celebration of language, will appeal to poetry readers and poets alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evan Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550656643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550656640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vehicule Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Evan Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110875582719,"sku":"9781550656640","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da873de6-7161-45fc-8c5d-7848e923666a.jpg?v=1725470024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-civilizing-discourse-evan-jones-9781550656640","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}