{"product_id":"burning-province-poems-paperback","title":"Burning Province: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Prior\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcerbic, moving, and formally astonishing, Michael Prior's second collection explores the enduring impact of the Japanese internment upon his family legacy and his mixed-race identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCanada-Japan Literary Award, Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Souster Award, Shortlist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the record-breaking wildfires that scorched British Columbia in 2015 and 2017, the poems in this collection move seamlessly between geographical and psychological landscapes, grappling with cultural trauma and mapping out complex topographies of grief, love, and inheritance: those places in time marked by generational memory \"when echo crosses echo.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBurning Province\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegy for a home aflame and for grandparents who had a complex relationship to it--but it is also a vivid appreciation of mono no aware: the beauty and impermanence of all living things. \"The fireflies stutter like an apology,\" Prior writes; \"I would be lying to you \/ if I didn't admit I love them.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMICHAEL PRIOR is a writer and a teacher. His most recent poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eBurning Province\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Canada-Japan Literary Award and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award. His first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eModel Disciple\u003c\/i\u003e, was named one of the best books of the year by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Margins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePN Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Academy of American Poets' \u003ci\u003ePoem-a-Day\u003c\/i\u003e series, among other publications. The recipient of fellowships from the New York Public Library's Cullman Center, the Jerome Foundation, and Hawthornden Literary Retreat, Prior holds graduate degrees from the University of Toronto and Cornell University. He divides his time between Saint Paul, M.N. and Vancouver, B.C. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380225425586,"sku":"9780771072345","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/783275a081db20b19cf1802feacf2113.webp?v=1777778819","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/burning-province-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}