{"product_id":"what-is-near-kay-syrad-9781788641135","title":"What is Near","description":"\u003cp\u003e[P]oems like delicate essays, in the sense of attempts-circling, being-with, tentative and tender [...] poems like seed heads, fragility and delicacy, balanced, a symmetry [...] seeding more thinking [... a tender] engagement with moss, air, horizon, the political, the scientific, the human, the non-human and the spaces-between where these things meet. The space on the page, within the poems, and between the poet writing and the world observed, is so delicately balanced.\u003cbr\u003e- Dr. Kim Lasky \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eslow build\u003cbr\u003einside\/outside\u003cbr\u003ewhat is left unsaid\u003cbr\u003ewhat is beneath\u003cbr\u003ewhat is noticed\u003cbr\u003ewhat is undeclared\u003cbr\u003ewhat evolves, enmeshes, becomes, denies\u003cbr\u003evisual-like camouflage\u003cbr\u003elike a movement-eyes dance on page, not sure where to go\u003cbr\u003efeeling accumulate through pattern of words - many unsaid, but felt\u003cbr\u003eWhat is near talks about what is far-deep time-what is within-unsaid \u003cbr\u003eearth suffering earth joy, despite it all\u003cbr\u003e- Chris Drury \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e[an exploration of] the political, the specifics of natural things (eg. birds, moss, trees, landscape), boundaries and spaces; and the sense of place, all with sensuality and infinite sensitivity, including the self and its relationship to nature. We were especially aware of how [the poems] handle the very contemporary sense of language with all its problems of reference [exploring] the interconnectedness of all things through linguistic and visual means.\u003cbr\u003e- Professor Peter Abbs \u0026amp; Dr. Lisa Dart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kay Syrad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788641132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788641135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cinnamon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Kay Syrad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945157558527,"sku":"9781788641135","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_253c4aa5-9463-4164-ae54-744396d512fe.jpg?v=1681507119","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-is-near-kay-syrad-9781788641135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}