{"product_id":"worth-more-standing-poets-and-activists-pay-homage-to-trees-paperback","title":"Worth More Standing: Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Lowther\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Poets, both settler and Indigenous, pay tribute to trees through reflections on the past, connections to the present, and calls for the protection of our future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWorth More Standing: Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated poets and activists pay homage to the ghosts of lost forests and issue a rallying cry to protect remaining ancient giants and restore uncolonized spaces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Themes of connection, ecology, grief, and protection are explored through poems about trees and forests written by an impressive number of influential poets, several of whom have attended the recent Fairy Creek blockades and still others who defended old growth ecosystems in Clayoquot Sound nearly 30 years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors include ninth Parliamentary Poet Laureate Louise Bernice Halfe-Sky Dancer, GG winner Arleen Paré, Canadian icon bill bissett, Griffin Poetry Prize winner Eve Joseph, ReLit Award winner Patrick Friesen, Order of Canada and Order of the Rising Sun recipient Joy Kogawa, Vancouver Poet Laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam, Harold Rhenisch, Jay Ruzesky, John Barton, Kate Braid, Kim Trainor, Kim Goldberg, Pamela Porter, Patricia and Terence Young, Russell Thornton, Sonnet L'Abbé, Susan McCaslin, Susan Musgrave, Tom Wayman, Trevor Carolan, Yvonne Blomer, Zoe Dickinson, and the late Pat Lowther.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Lowther\u003c\/b\u003e has been a lifelong activist and a resident of Clayoquot Sound since 1992. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eWorth More Standing: Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees\u003c\/i\u003e (Caitlin Press, 2022), co-editor of two collections of essays, \u003ci\u003e Living Artfully: Reflections from the Far West Coast \u003c\/i\u003e(The Key Publishing House, 2012) and \u003ci\u003eWriting the West Coast: In Love with Place\u003c\/i\u003e (Ronsdale Press, 2008), and the author of one memoir, \u003ci\u003eBorn Out of This\u003c\/i\u003e (Caitlin Press, 2014), and three books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eMy Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (Leaf Press, 2010), \u003ci\u003eHalf-Blood Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Zossima Press, 2011) and \u003ci\u003eNew Power\u003c\/i\u003e (Broken Jaw Press, 1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766226485536,"sku":"9781773860824","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/95b96894e98c76442c99d2a36d0a15f8.webp?v=1780287689","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/worth-more-standing-poets-and-activists-pay-homage-to-trees-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}