{"product_id":"burning-province-poems-9780771072345","title":"Burning Province: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eAcerbic, moving, and formally astonishing, Michael Prior's second collection explores the enduring impact of the Japanese internment upon his family legacy and his mixed-race identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCanada-Japan Literary Award, Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Souster Award, Shortlist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the record-breaking wildfires that scorched British Columbia in 2015 and 2017, the poems in this collection move seamlessly between geographical and psychological landscapes, grappling with cultural trauma and mapping out complex topographies of grief, love, and inheritance: those places in time marked by generational memory \"when echo crosses echo.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBurning Province\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegy for a home aflame and for grandparents who had a complex relationship to it--but it is also a vivid appreciation of mono no aware: the beauty and impermanence of all living things. \"The fireflies stutter like an apology,\" Prior writes; \"I would be lying to you \/ if I didn't admit I love them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780771072345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.30d","brand":"Michael Prior","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495004962997,"sku":"9780771072345","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_18979c11-b7b8-432d-b95a-3ec8529d893d.jpg?v=1754973568","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/burning-province-poems-9780771072345","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}