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The Politics of Knives
Jonathan Ball
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Description for The Politics of Knives
Paperback. Ball's poems of menace and horror promise to make him the Stephen King of verse. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 157.
Winner of the 2013 Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry (Manitoba Book Awards) If Lisa Robertson were to collide with David Lynch in a dark alley, the result would be a lot like The Politics of Knives. From shattered narratives to surrealistic fantasies, the poems in The Politics of Knives bridge the gap between the conventional and the experimental, combining the intellectual with the visceral. The complicity of language in violence, and the production of stories as both a defensive and offensive gesture, trouble the stability of these poetic sequences that dwell in the borderland between speaking and screaming. She ... Read more
Winner of the 2013 Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry (Manitoba Book Awards) If Lisa Robertson were to collide with David Lynch in a dark alley, the result would be a lot like The Politics of Knives. From shattered narratives to surrealistic fantasies, the poems in The Politics of Knives bridge the gap between the conventional and the experimental, combining the intellectual with the visceral. The complicity of language in violence, and the production of stories as both a defensive and offensive gesture, trouble the stability of these poetic sequences that dwell in the borderland between speaking and screaming. She ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781552452622
SKU
V9781552452622
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About Jonathan Ball
Jonathan Ball: Jonathan Ball teaches English, film, and writing at universities in Winnipeg. He is the author of Ex Machina and Clockfire, which was shortlisted for a Manitoba Book Award. Ex Machina considers the relationship between humans, books, and machines, and Clockfire contains 77 plays that would be impossible to produce. Both books were published under Creative Commons licenses, so ... Read more
Reviews for The Politics of Knives
'[Ball is] one of our most exciting young poets.'
Robert Kroetsch 'Jonathan Ball's beautiful nightmares both disturb and entice.'
Thomas Wharton 'I consider Jonathan Ball's Clockfire to be in the top handful of poetry titles last year in this country. No prize for him, alas, but lots of buzz and engagement and, for this reader in any case, ... Read more
Robert Kroetsch 'Jonathan Ball's beautiful nightmares both disturb and entice.'
Thomas Wharton 'I consider Jonathan Ball's Clockfire to be in the top handful of poetry titles last year in this country. No prize for him, alas, but lots of buzz and engagement and, for this reader in any case, ... Read more