{"product_id":"letters-in-a-bruised-cosmos-paperback","title":"Letters in a Bruised Cosmos - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiz Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe latest from the author of the Griffin Poetry Prize Award-winning collection\u003ci\u003e Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE, FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRILLIUM BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY, FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI have to believe my account will outpace its ending.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe danger and necessity of living with each other is at the core of Liz Howard's daring and intimate second collection. \u003ci\u003eLetters in a Bruised Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e asks who do we become after the worst has happened? Invoking the knowledge histories of Western and Indigenous astrophysical science, Howard takes us on a breakneck river course of radiant and perilous survival in which we are invited to \"reforge [ourselves] inside tomorrow's humidex\". Everyday observation, family history, and personal tragedy are sublimated here in a propulsive verse that is relentlessly its own. Part autobiography, part philosophical puzzlement, part love song, \u003ci\u003eLetters in a Bruised Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that once read will not soon be forgotten. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIZ HOWARD's debut collection\u003ci\u003e Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize, was shortlisted for the 2015 Governor General's Award for poetry, and was named a \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e top 100 book. Her poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eCanadian Art, The Fiddlehead, Poetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Poetry 2018\u003c\/i\u003e. Howard received an Honours Bachelor of Science with High Distinction from the University of Toronto, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. She is of mixed settler and Anishinaabe heritage. Born and raised on Treaty 9 territory in northern Ontario, she currently lives in Toronto. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768410505504,"sku":"9780771037573","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8162c1209f62b5645c4da464204fccfe.webp?v=1780329018","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/letters-in-a-bruised-cosmos-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}