{"product_id":"9781550654028","title":"Laws \u0026 Locks","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new poetry collection by a young and talented Canadian poet, Chad Campbell, finalist for the 2013 Malahat Long Poem Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the arrival of the Campbell clan in Canada in 1827—“pale scot farmers fording the river, \/ seated backwards in refusal”—\u003ci\u003eLaws \u0026amp; Locks\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the history of one family’s struggle with depression, madness, and mental illness. Chad Campbell’s first book of poetry is a brilliant investigation, at once dazzling and unflinching, into the way our predecessors bear on our choices in the present, and how present-day consequences extend backwards in time. A skilled, self-possessed, and clear-eyed poet, Campbell has produced a work of art that, while not quite confessional, transforms the private, dark, often stigmatized regions of his life into powerful poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vehicule Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048602648816,"sku":"9781550654028","price":14.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550654028_p0.jpg?v=1763752479","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550654028","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}