{"product_id":"9781643622392","title":"apparitions","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInjecting the disruptive potential of collective action into the body of the poem, Nat Raha’s invigorating experiment resuscitates Anglophone poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmidst the violence of capitalism and state and imperial power, there is Nat Raha’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eapparitions (nines) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein its “charred golden minidress,” ushering us into a space of grief and resistance, the embodiment and intimacy of queer, trans, and diasporic Black and brown people. Written as a series of  “niners,” a poetic form consisting of nine nine-syllable lines, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eapparitions (nines)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is at once a brash and subversive rejoinder to the Anglophone sonnet, as well as an ode to beauty, collectivity, and tenderness which emerges from—and far surpasses—constraint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Nat Raha","offers":[{"title":"Nightboat Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-27","offer_id":45663913312511,"sku":"9781643622392","price":27.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9781643622392_FC-copy.jpg?v=1718223361","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781643622392","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}