{"product_id":"future-works-9781772016284","title":"Future Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFuture Works\u003c\/em\u003e grapples with time, asking how to fully live in the present while also imagining possible futures. Written over a broken decade shaped by the implosion of the social promises of the past, \u003cem\u003eFuture Works\u003c\/em\u003e is a funny, angry, and moving book about human and more-than-human labour, cities and trees, extractive economies, and the possibilities of decolonizing temporalities and building a shared futurity. Both sly and sincere, and driven by militant joy, these varied poems range across the uneven geographies of the present. Through the language of expectation, \u003cem\u003eFuture Works\u003c\/em\u003e resonates with an unexpected optimism born out of uncanny solidarities and encounters, mutual aid, and the music of possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerksen, Jeff:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJeff Derksen is a poet, critic, and professor who lives in Vancouver and Vienna. His poetry books include \u003cem\u003eThe Vestiges\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransnational Muscle Cars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDown Time\u003c\/i\u003e (Winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize). His critical books include \u003ci\u003eAfter Euphoria\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnnihilated Time: Poetry and Other Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, and the folio \u003ci\u003eHow High is the City, How Deep is Our Love\u003c\/i\u003e. He works on artistic research projects with the collective Urban Subjects: their books include \u003ci\u003eThe Militant Image Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMomentarily: Learning from Mega Events\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAutogestion: Henri Lefebvre in New Belgrade\u003c\/i\u003e. As curators, they brought \u003ci\u003eThe Vienna Model: Housing for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e to the Museum of Vancouver and curated the exhibition \u003ci\u003eIf Time Is Still Alive\u003c\/i\u003e at Camera Austria. He was a founding member of both the Kootenay School of Writing and Artspeak Gallery. Derksen works at Simon Fraser University and is a Fulbright Fellow and former research fellow at the Centre for Place, Culture, and Politics at The Graduate Center, CUNY. He lives in Vancouver and Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Talonbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359123767570,"sku":"9781772016284","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1651c8ac-1b1e-4412-ad3a-a89ad18a0f9b.jpg?v=1749581388","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/future-works-9781772016284","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}