{"product_id":"the-porcupinity-of-the-stars-9781552452356","title":"The Porcupinity of the Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2011 Hamilton Literary Award for Poetry!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this much-anticipated new collection, poet and musician Gary Barwin both continues and extends the alchemical collision of language, imaginative flight and quiet beauty that have made him unique among contemporary poets. As the \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e has noted, what makes this work 'so compelling is Barwin's balance of melancholy with wide-eyed wonder.' \u003ci\u003eThe Porcupinity of the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e sees the always bemused and wistful poet reaching into new and deeper territory, addressing the joys and vagaries of perception in poems touching on family, loss, wonder, and the shifting, often perplexing nature of consciousness. His Heisenbergian sensibility honed to a fine edge, the poems in this bright, bold and intensely visual book add a surreptitious intensity and wry maturity to Barwin's trademark gifts for subtle humour, solemn delight, compassion, and invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552452356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/17\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gary Barwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51616338346165,"sku":"9781552452356","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aa27fde5-c2ad-40ea-a333-06cb93c20215.jpg?v=1756189042","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-porcupinity-of-the-stars-9781552452356","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}