{"product_id":"strangers-paperback-5","title":"Strangers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRob Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It makes no sense. You would be strangers \/ if not for this.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eStrangers\u003c\/em\u003e, Rob Taylor makes new the epiphany poem: the short lyric ending with a moment of recognition or arrival. In his hands, the form becomes not simply a revelation in words but, in Wallace Stevens' phrase, \"a revelation in words by means of the words.\" The epiphany here is not only the poet's. It's ours. A book about the songlines of memory and language and the ways in which they connect us to other human beings, to read \u003cem\u003eStrangers \u003c\/em\u003eis to become part of the lineages (literary, artistic, familial) that it braids together--to become, as Richard Outram puts it, an \"unspoken \/ Stranger no longer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRob Taylor is the author of four poetry collections, including \u003cem\u003eStrangers \u003c\/em\u003e(Biblioasis, 2021) and \u003cem\u003eThe News\u003c\/em\u003e (Gaspereau Press, 2016), which was a finalist for the 2017 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. He is also the editor of \u003cem\u003eWhat the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation\u003c\/em\u003e (Nightwood Editions, 2018) and the guest editor of \u003cem\u003eBest Canadian Poetry 2019\u003c\/em\u003e (Biblioasis, 2019). Rob lives with his family in Port Moody, BC.\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 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42160802398343,"sku":"9781771964197","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/798277005ce4bc357e53f30f4e544029.webp?v=1733276181","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/strangers-paperback-5","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}