{"product_id":"9781550652239","title":"Ox","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Christopher Patton's debut collection, \u003ci\u003eOx\u003c\/i\u003e, are about seeing clearly, and also about relinquishing the need to see with specific intent. Through this tension they find their idiosyncratic magic. Like the 12th-century Buddhist parable of the ox-herder, \u003ci\u003eOx\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a search, and its open-ended journey establishes the form of its religious and philosophical reach. Moving across lucently rendered North American landscapes, Patton catches a glimpse of his own spiritual setting, and in the process suggests a new direction, perhaps an entirely new scale, for Canadian nature poetry. Brimming with beautifully-controlled descriptions and startlingly precise word-play, \u003ci\u003eOx\u003c\/i\u003e is an image of vulnerability before the world's plenitude. It is an astonishing achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Patton's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fiddlehead\u003c\/i\u003e, and were anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe New Canon: An Anthology of Canadian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2000, he was awarded The Paris Review's Bernard F. Conners Prize for Poetry. Patton writes, and tends his apple trees, on Salt Spring Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vehicule Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034368458992,"sku":"9781550652239","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550652239_p0.jpg?v=1763751898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550652239","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}