{"product_id":"boat-paperback","title":"Boat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE PAT LOWTHER MEMORIAL AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Baudelaire Fractal\u003c\/i\u003e, a poetry classic, with new work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2004, boldly original poet Lisa Robertson published a chapbook, \u003ci\u003eRousseau's Boat\u003c\/i\u003e, poems culled from years of notebooks that are, nevertheless, by no means autobiographical. In 2010, she expanded the work into a full-length book, \u003ci\u003eR's Boat\u003c\/i\u003e. During the pandemic, she was drawn back into decades of journals to shape \u003ci\u003eBoat\u003c\/i\u003e. These poems bring fresh vehemence to Robertson's ongoing examination of the changing shape of feminism, the male-dominated philosophical tradition, the daily forms of discourse, and the possibilities of language itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Robertson has quietly but surely emerged as one of our most exciting and prolific philosophers--I mean poets. Interested in architecture, weather systems, fashion, autobiography, gender, the classics, and just about everything else, she manages to irradiate her subjects with calm, wit, and astonishing beauty. Robertson's style is both on splendid display and under fierce interrogation in her latest book, \u003ci\u003eR's Boat\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eR's Boat\u003c\/i\u003e, Robertson has penned a post-conceptual, post-lyric, relentlessly self-examining performance of memory and sincerity that manages, remarkably, to be both theoretically concerned and deeply emotive.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eR's Boat\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with form, the constraint of language and tradition, and the challenge to avoid anything that might exist as template. The poems examine feminism, discourse, the body, and poetry itself through sumptuous, seductive language.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Poets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e is a Canadian poet, essayist and novelist who lives in France. Born in Toronto in 1961, she was a long-time resident of Vancouver. She has published nine books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eBoat\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), and two books of essays, \u003ci\u003eNilling\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eOccasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). Her 2021 book \u003ci\u003eAnemones: A Simone Weil Project\u003c\/i\u003e (If I Can't Dance, Amsterdam), an annotated translation of Weil's 1942 essay on the troubadour poets and the Cathar heresy, is the most recent outcome of \u003ci\u003ewide rime\u003c\/i\u003e, her ongoing study of medieval troubadour culture and poetics. She has been a visiting poet and professor at Princeton University, University of Cambridge, U East Anglia, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Piet Zwart Institute, Simon Fraser University, American University of Paris, Naropa, and California College of the Arts. In 2017 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Letters by Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and in 2018 the Foundation for the Contemporary Arts in New York awarded her the inaugural C. D. Wright Award in Poetry. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Baudelaire Fractal\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the 2021 Governor General's Award for Fiction and has been published in French, Swedish, and Turkish translations. A second novel, \u003ci\u003eRiverwork\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from Coach House Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.66 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333536354541,"sku":"9781552454404","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/ktn7gONcNG9781552454404.webp?v=1784989327","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/boat-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}