{"product_id":"9781927040294","title":"Killdeer: essay-poems","description":"WINNER OF THE 75th GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR POETRY\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE 25th TRILLIUM BOOK PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF AN ALCUIN AWARD FOR DESIGN\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are poems of critical thought that have been influenced by old fiddle tunes. These are essays that are not out to persuade so much as ruminate, invite, accrue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHall is a surruralist (rural \u0026amp; surreal), and a terroir-ist (township-specific regionalist). He offers memories of, and homages to -- Margaret Laurence, Bronwen Wallace, Libby Scheier, and Daniel Jones, among others. He writes of the embarrassing process of becoming a poet, and of his push-pull relationship with the whole concept of home. His notorious 2004 chapbook essay The Bad Sequence is also included here, for a wider readership, at last. It has been revised. (It's teeth have been sharpened.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, the line is the unit of composition; the reading is wide; the perspective personal: each take a give, and logic a drawback.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLanguage is not a smart-aleck; it's a sacred tinkerer.\u003cbr\u003eReaders are invited to watch awe become a we.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Fred Wah's phrase, what is offered here is \"the music at the heart of thinking.\"","brand":"BookThug","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154169282800,"sku":"9781927040294","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927040294_p0.jpg?v=1763635878","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927040294","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}