{"product_id":"9780358671046_canopy","title":"Canopy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long-awaited yet startlingly urgent new collection from “a contemporary master”*—a fierce, big-hearted eye on our last, tumultuous decade, and our fragile environment *\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda Gregerson’s long-awaited new collection is a tour de force, a compendium of lives touched by the radical fragility of the planet and, ultimately, the endless astonishment and paradox of being human within the larger ecosystem, “in a world where every breath I take is luck.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Syrian refugee and ecological crises, to police brutality and COVID, to the Global Seed Vault buried under permafrost, the poems ask: How does consciousness relate to the individual body, the individual to the communal, the community to our environment? How do we mourn a loved one, and how do we mourn strangers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magnificent poems in \u003ci\u003eCanopy \u003c\/i\u003ecatalogue and reckon with humanity and the natural world, mortality, rage, love, grief, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world of overlapping crises, how does a poet bear witness?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEcopoetry for a Planet in Crisis:\u003c\/b\u003e From the Global Seed Vault under permafrost to the quiet dignity of a single tree, these poems confront the radical fragility of our shared environment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContemporary American Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e Capturing the last tumultuous decade with unflinching clarity, Gregerson gives voice to a nation grappling with police brutality, a global pandemic, and political division.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoems of Grief and Witness:\u003c\/b\u003e Asking how we mourn both loved ones and strangers, these poems navigate personal loss alongside public tragedies like the Syrian refugee crisis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnflinching Political Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e With a fierce, big-hearted eye, these poems challenge readers to reckon with the moral complexities of our time, where, as one poem reminds us, \"every breath I take is luck.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Linda Gregerson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889911255189,"sku":"9780358671046","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780358671046.jpg?v=1776888575","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780358671046_canopy","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}