{"product_id":"lullabies-in-the-real-world-9781988732787","title":"Lullabies in the Real World","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the 2021 Raymond Souster Award!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry at the 2021 Alberta Book Publishing Awards!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeredith Quartermain's \u003ci\u003eLullabies in the Real World\u003c\/i\u003e is a sequence of poems about a train journey from West Coast to East Coast that invokes a patchwork of regions, voices and histories. Her language zings with train rhythms as she unfolds a complex conversation with poets such as bpNichol and Robin Blaser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection reflects and refracts Canada from diverse angles, and challenges colonizing literatures such as the Odyssey and various canonical British and US voices. As it moves from west to east, the book journeys back in time to interrogate historical events such as the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and the exclusion of Acadians. It ends by imagining a time before or outside colonization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich, playful and confrontational, \u003ci\u003eLullabies in the Real World\u003c\/i\u003e widens the poetic lens of poetry to investigate the place of a colonial nation in history, and the place of a poet vis-à-vis the voices of other poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e NeWest Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988732787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Meredith Quartermain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750153416885,"sku":"9781988732787","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lullabies-in-the-real-world-9781988732787","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}