{"product_id":"november-november-poems-9780889714847","title":"November, November: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten across the span of four Novembers, this collection delivers a send-off to \"loved poets\" who are no longer with us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDedicated as letters and long epistolary lyrics to those who are missing a loved one, \u003cem\u003eNovember, November\u003c\/em\u003e acknowledges poetry's \"palpitating vulnerable form,\" and how sometimes a poem might be the only comfort that resides between silence and grief.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsabella Wang's second collection began as a tribute to the late Phyllis Webb, and was completed in the aftermath of Wang's cancer diagnosis. The poems respond directly to Webb's work and collapse the fine landscapes separating death and Wang's own mortality. Over the course of treatment and \"days [when] we don't get to rewrite the history of our bodies,\" the pace of Wang's poetry slows down in the complicated recovery from cancer. Entering the cloudless silver of November days, her words tell a story of loss and illness, and her poems linger in the cold air, visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWang, Isabella:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsabella Wang\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003ePebble Swing\u003c\/em\u003e (Nightwood Editions, 2021), a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and the chapbook \u003cem\u003eOn Forgetting a Language\u003c\/em\u003e (Baseline Press, 2019). Among other recognitions, she has been shortlisted for \u003cem\u003eArc\u003c\/em\u003e's Poem of the Year Contest, \u003cem\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/em\u003e's Far Horizons Award and Long Poem Contest, \u003cem\u003eMinola Review\u003c\/em\u003e's Inaugural Poetry Contest, and was the youngest writer to be shortlisted twice for \u003cem\u003eThe New Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e's Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. Wang's poetry and prose have appeared in over thirty literary journals and five anthologies, most recently \u003cem\u003eThe Spirits Have Nothing to Do with Us\u003c\/em\u003e (Wolsak and Wynn, 2022). She collaborates with \u003cem\u003epoetry in canada\u003c\/em\u003e, and directs her own non-profit editing and mentorship program, Revise-Revision Street. She lives in New Westminster, BC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightwood Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160058163474,"sku":"9780889714847","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_16e569e6-bfd2-403f-9f98-433b08e8dcdd.jpg?v=1775033550","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/november-november-poems-9780889714847","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}