{"product_id":"taking-measures-selected-serial-poems-9781772012378","title":"Taking Measures: Selected Serial Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first-ever collection of the major serial poems by Canada's inaugural Parliamentory Poet Laureate, George Bowering, \u003ci\u003eTaking Measures \u003c\/i\u003eincludes work from each of the last six decades, beginning with Bowering''s engagement with process-based long poems in the 1960s and 1970s and moving through his continued exploration of the form in recent decades. Containing well-known Bowering texts, including \u003cem\u003eAllophanes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAutobiology\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDelayed Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGenève\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eKerrisdale Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eBaseball\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAt War with the U.S.\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIrritable Reaching\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSmoking Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDo Sink\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHis Life\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLos Pájanos de Tenacatita\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTaking Measures\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new and revealing look at this acclaimed and prolific author's poetic development and contribution to Canadian writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe serial poem is a hybrid genre, stitching short lyrics together into sequential, long (typically book-length) poems; Bowering's innovative use of the form, always rooted in an engagement with place, with language, and with the intertwining of the two, shows him at his experimental and irreverent best, his trademark playful seriousness extended and expanded, producing poetry that remains compelling, complex, and exciting decades after its composition. Edited by the award-winning poet Stephen Collis, \u003ci\u003eTaking Measures\u003c\/i\u003e offers a career-spanning and revelatory sample of one of Canada's best-known and most versatile writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Talon Books,Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863825875287,"sku":"9781772012378","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781772012378.jpg?v=1759921190","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taking-measures-selected-serial-poems-9781772012378","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}