National animal /
"National Animal, Derek Webster's second book of poetry, inhabits a wider public space than his acclaimed debut Mockingbird. In poems that extend beyond the biographical toward the political, Webster's quiet, sharp-eyed narrator--a man "tripping / my way forward, trying to lead m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Montreal, Quebec :
Signal Editions, the poetry imprint at Véhicule Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | "National Animal, Derek Webster's second book of poetry, inhabits a wider public space than his acclaimed debut Mockingbird. In poems that extend beyond the biographical toward the political, Webster's quiet, sharp-eyed narrator--a man "tripping / my way forward, trying to lead my own life"--watches history being erased in favour of more socially palatable ideas and comforting self-portraits. Uncompromising and substantial, National Animal explores our "civic moment" where "birds sing oblivion / estranged from all things," and meditates, in a final image-rich sequence, on our place in a science-based cosmos."-- |
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| Item Description: | Poems. |
| Physical Description: | 97 pages ; 20 cm Issued also in electronic format. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781550656572 1550656570 |