{"product_id":"meeting-the-tormentors-in-safeway-paperback","title":"Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA CANADIAN POETRY BOOK OF THE YEAR, \u003ci\u003eTHE NATIONAL POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE PAT LOWTHER MEMORIAL AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Alexandra Oliver has many arrows in her quiver--all of them sharpened to a fine point. This is an excellent and entertaining collection.\"--TIMOTHY STEELE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMeeting the Tormentors in Safeway\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexandra Oliver zooms in on the inertias, anxieties, comedies, cruelties, and epiphanies of domestic life: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey all had names like Jennifer or Lynne\u003cbr\u003eor Katherine; they all had bone-blonde hair, \u003cbr\u003ethat wet, flat cut with bangs. They pulled your chair\u003cbr\u003efrom underneath you, shoved their small fists in\u003cbr\u003eyour face. Too soon, you knew it would begin, \u003cbr\u003ethose minkish teeth like shrapnel in the air, \u003cbr\u003ethe Bacchic taunts, the Herculean dare, \u003cbr\u003etheir soccer cleats against your porcine shin, \u003cbr\u003ethat laugh, which sounded like a hundred birds\u003cbr\u003eescaping from a gunshot through the reeds--\u003cbr\u003eand now you have to face it all again: \u003cbr\u003ethe joyful freckled faces lost for words\u003cbr\u003ein supermarkets, as those red hands squeeze\u003cbr\u003eyour own. \u003ci\u003eIt's been so long \u003c\/i\u003e They say. Amen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOliver's poems, which she describes as \"text-based home movies,\" unveil a cinematic vision of suburbia at once comical and poignant: framed to renew our curiosity in the mundane and pressing rhyme and metre to their utmost, \u003ci\u003eMeeting the Tormentors in Safeway\u003c\/i\u003e is a five-star performance from Canada's new formalist sensation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Alexandra Oliver is in full command of a saber wit and impeccable ear. Lucky the reader along for the ride.\"--JEANNE MARIE BEAUMONT \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliantly contemporary poems in traditional forms, the work of a stunning new voice.\"--CHARLES MARTIN \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Vancouver, Canada and divides her time between Toronto and Glasgow, Scotland. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eMeeting the Tormentors in Safeway\u003c\/i\u003e (Biblioasis). She currently teaches in the Stonecoast MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Oliver holds an M.A. in Drama\/Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Stonecoast. Since emerging onto the Vancouver poetry scene in 1992 and being named the following year as one of the Top Ten Young Artists of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe Vancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, she has gone on to receive two Pushcart Prize nominations, as well as a CBC Literary Award nomination. She has performed her work at places as diverse as Lollapalooza, The National Poetry Slam, the CBC Radio National Poetry Face-Off, the Bowery Poetry Club in New York, the Spectacular Obsessions Fellini Retrospective at the Bell TIFF Lightbox and the Italian Contemporary Film Festival in Toronto. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and publications worldwide, including \u003ci\u003eOrbis Rhyme International, Nexus, The Atlanta Review, The New Guard, Light Quarterly, Future Cycle Poetry, The Raintown Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Vancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as About.Com's \u003ci\u003ePoems After The Attack\u003c\/i\u003e anthology, a collection discussing and reflecting upon the aftermath of 9\/11. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eWhere the English Housewife Shines\u003c\/i\u003e (Tin Press, London, UK) was released in April, 2007.She is also co-editing (with Annie Finch) an anthology of metrical poetry. Oliver has taught poetry and led workshops in high schools, colleges, libraries, cultural organizations and prisons, and was one of the Directors of the Edgewise Electrolit Centre, an organization created to promote Canadian poetry and new poets through the use of new media. Her interests include form, ekphrasis, translation, performance, and creating poetry syllabi for ESL speakers, seniors, victims of violence, and at-risk youth. Alexandra divides her time between Toronto, Canada, and Glasgow, Scotland, where she teaches poetry through the Govan and Craigton Integration Network and acts as a Staff Writer for the Glasgow Film Theatre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 63\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769975046432,"sku":"9781927428436","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7a6f0252f63ea50fa8e39b9ecdabe714.webp?v=1780361485","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/meeting-the-tormentors-in-safeway-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}