{"product_id":"the-uncollected-animals-john-kinsella-9781885983602","title":"The Uncollected Animals: Poems for Our Nonhuman Kin","description":"\u003cb\u003eLeading poet and activist John Kinsella brings together a\u003cbr\u003emajor international collection of contemporary and historical poetry that speaks\u003cbr\u003eto the rights and welfare of animals.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Uncollected Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique anthology of poetry\u003cbr\u003ebased around all non-human animal life, with the welfare and rights of animals\u003cbr\u003eat the forefront. The anthology includes over forty commissioned poems, and\u003cbr\u003eother poems provided by poets specifically for the anthology. These are set\u003cbr\u003eagainst an historical context of animal-referencing poems that range in time\u003cbr\u003efrom ancient Greece to the 21st century. Kinsella's introduction offers\u003cbr\u003einsights into the eternal relationship of poetry to animals, and the creative\u003cbr\u003earrangement of the poems yields startling contrasts and alliances that will\u003cbr\u003edraw readers into a powerful relationship with the work.The book includes 160 poems representing some sixteen\u003cbr\u003ecountries and many different cultures. Together, this collective utterance\u003cbr\u003erespects and conserves a great variety of perspectives. Writing in a full range\u003cbr\u003eof styles, the diverse voices found inside include poets from Aristophanes, \u003cbr\u003eBlake, Coleridge, Du Fu, Melville, and Wordsworth to Anne Carson, CA Conrad, \u003cbr\u003eKimiko Hahn, Paul Laurence Dunbar, D.H. Lawrence, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, Rita\u003cbr\u003eDove, and Marianne Moore, to important young voices, to performer\/lyricists\u003cbr\u003esuch as Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore. At all times, animals, their rights, and\u003cbr\u003etheir welfare are at the fore, be they invertebrates, bird, mammal, reptile, \u003cbr\u003eamphibian, or fish.\u003cbr\u003eIn a time of human-induced mass extinctions and rapid\u003cbr\u003ehuman-induced climate change, this subject could not be more vital and\u003cbr\u003enecessary for all of us to consider, embrace, and act on with empathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Kinsella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1885983603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885983602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtle Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"John Kinsella","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685796335871,"sku":"9781885983602","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d27b60cb-2503-422d-a51b-337b5cc18e44.jpg?v=1741726798","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-uncollected-animals-john-kinsella-9781885983602","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}