{"product_id":"decomp-9781552452820","title":"Decomp","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoets Stephen Collis and Jordan Scott left copies of Charles Darwin's \u003ci\u003eOn the Origin of Species \u003c\/i\u003e to decay in five distinct ecosystems in British Columbia. A year later, they photographed what remained, reading poetry into nature's \"rewriting\" process and documenting the gorgeous detritus in \u003ci\u003eDecomp\u003c\/i\u003e, a long poem in prose and color photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarwin is an eye amidst graphed genera seeing the web it is woven thereof. A matted scrap of printed material, shit, soil and leaf rot--all dried, bleached and curled up at small edges.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Collis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books of poetry and a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eDispatches from the Occupation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordan Scott\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSilt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlert\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores the poetics of stuttering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Collis is an award-winning poet, activist and professor of contemporary literature at Simon Fraser University. His poetry books include \u003ci\u003eAnarchive, The Commons, On the Material\u003c\/i\u003e (awarded the BC Book Prize for Poetry) and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eTo the Barricades\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Vancouver, BC. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJordan Scott is the author of \u003ci\u003eSilt\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and \u003ci\u003eBlert\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eBlert\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a short film for Bravo! and was the subject of an online interactive documentary commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada. Both authors live in Vancouver, BC.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873595920658,"sku":"9781552452820","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e75c3561-9b71-4cf3-8cce-e38648523f8e.jpg?v=1737942725","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/decomp-9781552452820","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}