{"product_id":"the-bare-bones-of-our-alphabet-9781774151655","title":"The Bare Bones of Our Alphabet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bare Bones of Our Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of poetry that reveals an all-consuming yearning: the desire to find a language that can tell the most about our existence. What the poet asks for, works obsessively to tap into, is a native tongue, a vernacular that bypasses the traps of a supposed rationality and objectivity forged in a body-politic consumed by self-interests that reduce our ontological experience. \u003ci\u003eThe Bare Bones of Our Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e calls for an activation of our primary ways of seeing that perceive spontaneously, without deliberation, which have been subdued by the material beneficiaries of our world and deemed non-intelligent. The poems invite us to re-enter our truly \u003ci\u003ebare bones\u003c\/i\u003e--our empty, sparkling space--before the codified verb, with its imposed grammar, placed us in a consented incarceration. The poet endeavours to uncover \u003ci\u003ethe bare alphabets\u003c\/i\u003e we must return to--the redeeming letters--where the possibility of rebirth resides, for all and everything that has been annihilated by an unethical rhetoric, a verbosity of lies, engendered through undemocratic paradigms crafted by humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrene Marques holds a PhD in Comparative Literature, a Masters in French Literature, a Masters in Comparative Literature and a Bachelor of Social Work. She is a bilingual writer (English and Portuguese) and Lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University where she teaches literature, literary theory and creative writing. She has taught at various other universities in Toronto including University of Toronto, York University, and OCAD University. In 2007, she held a Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Before devoting herself entirely to academia and writing, she worked in various social services fields for over fourteen years. Her published creative writing works include \u003ci\u003eWearing Glasses of Water\u003c\/i\u003e (poetry, 2007), \u003ci\u003eHabitando na Met?fora do Tempo\u003c\/i\u003e (short stories, 2009), \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Unravelling of the Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e (poetry, 2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Circular Incantation\u003c\/i\u003e (poetry, 2013), \u003ci\u003eMy House is a Mansion\u003c\/i\u003e (novel, 2015), \u003ci\u003eDaria\u003c\/i\u003e (novel, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eUma Casa no Mundo\u003c\/i\u003e (novel, 2021), which won Pr?mio Imprensa Nacional\/Ferreira de Castro in Portugal. Her academic publications include the manuscript \u003ci\u003eTransnational Discourses on Class, Gender and Cultural Identity\u003c\/i\u003e (Purdue University Press, 2011) and numerous articles in international journals or scholarly collectives. She was born and raised in Portugal and moved to Canada at the age of 20.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51200968425746,"sku":"9781774151655","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c476ee2-0cf3-4ecd-a048-57b6453e28e1.jpg?v=1744905155","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bare-bones-of-our-alphabet-9781774151655","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}