{"product_id":"slow-states-of-collapse-9781770413191","title":"Slow States of Collapse","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe eagerly anticipated debut from one of Canada's most exciting new poets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her debut collection, Ashley-Elizabeth Best explores the cultivation of resilience during uncertain and often trying times. It's a book built around day-to-day conflicts -- poems about love, family, grief, power, and longing. Navigating the fault lines of popular culture and traditional poetry to assert that we are all history makers, \u003ci\u003eSlow States of Collapse\u003c\/i\u003e enters the landscape of personal narrative in an attempt to reconcile life's little universal griefs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlow States of Collapse\u003c\/i\u003e presents a world that is at once menacing and full of wonder and grace. It's a poetry of \"casual cruelty\" and \"kisses like \/ puncture wounds,\" of \"something too tender to touch\" and \"the threat of an intense beauty.\" In this collection, illness confronts bedside manners while a migrant restlessness also paints remarkable portraits of shifting self-image, and in the process the nature of personal and political power is reimagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Misfit Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770413191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Ashley-Elizabeth Best","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53023963119797,"sku":"9781770413191","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781770413191.jpg?v=1787667050","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/slow-states-of-collapse-9781770413191","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}