{"product_id":"speaking-of-power-the-poetry-of-di-brandt-9780889205062","title":"Speaking of Power: The Poetry of Di Brandt","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Power: The Poetry of Di Brandt\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the reader to the lyric power and political urgency of the poetry of Di Brandt, providing an overview of her poetry written during a prolific and revolutionary twenty-year period. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Beginning with her early poetic inquiries into the dynamics of gender, religion, and the politics of language, Brandt examines the use and abuse of power as a cultural issue, emphasizing cross-cultural and domestic relationships. Particularly engaged with questions of motherhood, the land, violence and reparation, feminism, and spirituality, Brandt explores ecopoetics, an ecology of poetry, as a possible antidote to the cultural despair of the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Editor Tanis MacDonald's introduction outlines the major movements of Brandt's work, emphasizing the relationship of language to power and the value of a dissenting voice in a forceful cultural poetics. An afterword by Brandt completes the volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Di Brandt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889205062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrandt, Di:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDi Brandt\u003c\/b\u003e has received numerous awards for her poetry, including the CAA National Poetry Prize, the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, and the Gerald Lampert Award. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Creative Writing at Brandon University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacDonald, Tanis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eTanis MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two books of poetry: \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and \u003ci\u003eHolding Ground\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and is the winner of the 2003 Bliss Carman Poetry Prize. She has published articles on the poetry of P.K. Page, Lorna Crozier, and Anne Carson. She teaches English at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41262132134003,"sku":"9.78089E+12","price":34.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6e138e9b-38a2-432e-a77e-577614b181c1.jpg?v=1705503305","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/speaking-of-power-the-poetry-of-di-brandt-9780889205062","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}