| Thing Is: Poems Contributor(s): Showler, Suzannah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0771005555 ISBN-13: 9780771005558 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" (0.35 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A startling and hip new collection of poetry from a dual American/Canadian citizen who's already making waves on the literary scene. Suzannah Showler's bracing, intense second collection is equal parts cultural critique and phenomenological investigation. Building on the enlightened skepticism of her much-praised debut, Thing Is puts the hashtag age through some much-needed paces. Witty, cutting, heartbroken and cautiously hopeful, these poems are really about aboutness, about what it means to be alive right now. They also nimbly advance the longstanding poetic argument for the value of considered attention: What follows from / what you know is / not the same thing / as knowledge. Even / when you get it right. |