{"product_id":"9781927040140","title":"Conflict","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 OTTAWA BOOK AWARD\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN AWARD\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 RELIT AWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConflict\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves ghosts, bad communication, the uncanny and the archival, to create a collection of poems that break down remembrance into abandoned historic markers, jet fuel, keening, or teeth. What you are given (this is a gift) is an insistent refusal to silence or shift. In exchange, the reader must face the impossibility of erasure, a gritty resistance to mourn a fight. \u003ci\u003eConflict\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of red balloons that intersplices and interweaves through various forms of conflict that occur in language, motion, architecture, emotions; between individuals, systems, and mechanical silences.","brand":"BookThug","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154169348336,"sku":"9781927040140","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927040140_p0.jpg?v=1763636351","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927040140","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}