{"product_id":"9781894078993","title":"The Vicinity","description":"Winner of the 2004 Archibald Lampman Award (National Capital Region --  Ottawa) and shortlisted for the 2004 Trillium Book Award for Poetry and the 2004 ReLit Awards  In The Vicinity David O'Meara gives us a new kind of cityscape, one that brings its unseen, and usually unsung, materials to the foreground. Brick, concrete (that \"not-so-silver screen \/ our walk-on parts are posed upon\"), glass, steel, wire: they step boldly from anonymity into fresh focus, backdrops goaded into stardom. Full of casually-worn wit and humour, often using intricate forms that deftly reflect their subjects, these poems probe our conventional attitudes while walking us down present or remembered streets -- \"Some-such Avenue \/ Rue Saint Whatever.\"","brand":"Brick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151302279408,"sku":"9781894078993","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781894078993_p0.jpg?v=1763609906","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781894078993","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}