{"product_id":"3-summers-paperback","title":"3 Summers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecite your poem to your aunt.\u003cbr\u003eI threw myself to the ground.\u003cbr\u003eWhere were you in the night?\u003cbr\u003eIn a school among the pines.\u003cbr\u003eWhat was the meaning of the dream?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrgans, hormones, toxins, lesions: what is a body? In \u003ci\u003e3 Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, Lisa Robertson takes up her earlier concerns with form and literary precedent, and turns toward the timeliness of embodiment. What is form's time? Here the form of life called a poem speaks with the body's mortality, its thickness, its play. The 10 poem-sequences in \u003ci\u003e3 Summers\u003c\/i\u003e inflect a history of textual voices -- Lucretius, Marx, Aby Warburg, Deleuze, the Sogdian Sutras -- in a lyricism that insists on analysis and revolt, as well as the pleasures of description. The poet explores the mysterious oddness of the body, its languor and persistence, to test how it shapes the materiality of thinking, which includes rivers and forests. But in these poems' landscapes, the time of nature is inherently political. Now only time is wild, and only time -- embodied here in Lisa Robertson's forceful cadences -- can tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Robertson proves hard to explain but easy to enjoy. . . . Dauntlessly and resourcefully intellectual, Robertson can also be playful or blunt. . . . She wields language expertly, even beautifully.'--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Robertson makes intellect seductive; only her poetry could turn swooning into a critical gesture.'--\u003ci\u003e The Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eCinema of the Present\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDebbie: An Epic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Weather\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eR's Boat \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOccasional Works and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip \u003c\/i\u003ewas named one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times' \u003c\/i\u003e100 Notable Books. She lives in France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa Robertson: Poet and essayist Lisa Robertson has held residencies at the California College of the Arts, Cambridge University; University of California, Berkeley; UC San Diego; and American University of Paris. Her books include \u003ci\u003eCinema of the Present\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDebbie: An Epic\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the Governor General's Award in Canada), \u003ci\u003eThe Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Weather\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eR's Boat\u003c\/i\u003e (poetry) and \u003ci\u003eOccasional Works and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (essays). \u003ci\u003eLisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip\u003c\/i\u003e (Coach House) was named one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2010, and was longlisted for the 2011 Warwick Prize for Writing. She currently lives in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167445225607,"sku":"9781552453308","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ab3d3caff9c8c215679e294106514eed.webp?v=1733327702","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/3-summers-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}