{"product_id":"the-blue-clerk-ars-poetica-in-59-versos-paperback","title":"The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDionne Brand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a lonely wharf a clerk in an ink-blue coat inspects bales and bales of paper that hold a poet's accumulated left-hand pages--the unwritten, the withheld, the unexpressed, the withdrawn, the restrained, the word-shard. In \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Clerk\u003c\/i\u003e renowned poet Dionne Brand stages a conversation and an argument between the poet and the Blue Clerk, who is the keeper of the poet's pages. In their dialogues--which take shape as a series of haunting prose poems--the poet and the clerk invoke a host of writers, philosophers, and artists, from Jacob Lawrence, Lola Kiepja, and Walter Benjamin to John Coltrane, Josephine Turalba, and Jorge Luis Borges. Through these essay poems, Brand explores memory, language, culture, and time while intimately interrogating the act and difficulty of writing, the relationship between the poet and the world, and the link between author and art. Inviting the reader to engage with the resonant meanings of the withheld, Brand offers a profound and moving philosophy of writing and a wide-ranging analysis of the present world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDionne Brand's collections of poetry include \u003ci\u003eNo Language Is Neutral\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLand to Light On\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award and the Trillium Book Award; \u003ci\u003ethirsty\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award; \u003ci\u003eInventory\u003c\/i\u003e; and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eOssuaries\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize. Brand is also the author of the acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eIn Another Place, Not Here\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAt the Full and Change of the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhat We All Long For\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLove Enough\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTheory\u003c\/i\u003e. Her works of nonfiction include \u003ci\u003eBread Out of Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Map to the Door of No Return\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2006, Brand was awarded the prestigious Harbourfront Festival Prize, and from 2009 to 2012, she was Toronto's Poet Laureate. In 2017, she was appointed to the Order of Canada. Brand is also a Professor of English in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728706662707,"sku":"9781478000204","price":28.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dWRXTXI0N0U2all3Q3NQREg1a3p2Zz09.webp?v=1763791201","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-blue-clerk-ars-poetica-in-59-versos-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}