{"product_id":"9781770562578","title":"The Certainty Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2010 A. M. Klein Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2010 Griffin Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescartes asked, How can I know that I am not now dreaming? \u003cem\u003eThe Certainty Dream\u003c\/em\u003e poses similar questions through poetry, but without the trappings of traditional philosophy. Kate Hall’s bracingly immediate, insistently idiosyncratic debut collection lays bare the tricks and tools of her trade: a mynah bird perches in poems but 'stands for nightingale'; the poet’s antelope turns transparent; she dresses up her orange trees with bark and leaves. As the dream world and the waking world blur, the body and the dimensions it inhabits become a series of overlapping circles, all acting as containers for both knowledge and uncertainty. At times disarmingly plainspoken, at others, singing with lyric possibility, these poems make huge associative leaps. Taken together, they present the argument that to truly 'know' something, one must first recognize its traces in something else.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Kate Hall unites philosophy and wisdom - without forgetting the chipotle-lime mustard.' – \u003cem\u003eMontreal Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eThe Certainty Dream\u003c\/em\u003e weaves its way through absurdist outbursts and giddy indulgences of graduate-level philosophy while remaining rooted in the immediacy and, yes, the certainty of everyday life ... Hall’s poems unfold with wit, colourful layers and no overwhelming sense of ego or pomp.' – \u003cem\u003eThe Dominion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'These are profoundly perfect poems.' – \u003cem\u003eEye Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A whimsical and enlightening riff on the philosophic nature of knowing ... Hall's imagination liberates language and subject at every blink.' – \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175761854704,"sku":"9781770562578","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770562578_p0.jpg?v=1763706528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770562578","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}