{"product_id":"9781770908796","title":"Slow States of Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe eagerly anticipated debut from one of Canada’s most exciting new poets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135428542704,"sku":"9781770908796","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770908796_p0.jpg?v=1763707672","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770908796","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}