{"product_id":"the-book-of-interruptions-9781998408252","title":"The Book of Interruptions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Interruptions\u003c\/em\u003e Khashayar \"Kess\" Mohammadi has brought together a collection of poems written with scalpel-like precision.\u003c\/strong\u003e Infused with \"pre-emptive violence\" these poems mark the intersection of war, immigration, sexuality and history, with lines often placed at the crossroads of Perso-Islamic and Western thought. Moving between an Iran that is marked with \"tulips from the martyr's blood\" and Toronto, a city that is always screaming but where the author is a \"ghost, anecdotal,\" Mohammadi writes unflinchingly of the reality that faces them and others like them who straddle two worlds. But within this fierce collection there is also room for art, and for pleasure, and for words that invite us all with \"gentle patterns of light against light against light.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMohammadi, Khashayar Kess:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKhashayar \"Kess\" Mohammadi (they\/them) is a queer, Iranian-born, Toronto-based poet, writer and translator. They are the winner of the 2021 \u003cem\u003eVallum\u003c\/em\u003e Poetry Award and the author of nine chapbooks of poetry. \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Interruptions\u003c\/em\u003e is their fifth poetry book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buckrider Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648865370386,"sku":"9781998408252","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_186d89d6-21f0-4463-99b2-30e2d52e2deb.jpg?v=1759836371","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-interruptions-9781998408252","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}