{"product_id":"river-woman-9781487003463","title":"River Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGovernor General's Award-winning Métis poet and acclaimed novelist Katherena Vermette's second collection, \u003ci\u003eriver woman\u003c\/i\u003e, explores her relationship to nature -- its destructive power and beauty, its timelessness, and its place in human history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning Métis poet and novelist Katherena Vermette's second book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eriver woman\u003c\/i\u003e, examines and celebrates love as decolonial action. Here love is defined as a force of reclamation and repair in times of trauma, and trauma is understood to exist within all times. The poems are grounded in what feels like an eternal present, documenting moments of clarity that lift the speaker (and reader) out of the illusion of linear experience. This is what we mean when we describe a work of art as being timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the river they speak to, these poems return again and again to the same source in search of new ways to reconstruct what has been lost. Vermette suggests that it's through language and the body ― particularly through language as it lives inside the body ― that a fragmented self might resurface as once again whole. This idea of breaking apart and coming back together is woven throughout the collection as the speaker contemplates the ongoing negotiation between the city, the land, and the water, and as she finds herself falling into trust with the ones she loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVermette honours the river as a woman ― her destructive power and beauty, her endurance, and her stories. These poems sing from a place where \"words \/ transcend ceremony \/ into everyday\" and \"nothing \/ is inanimate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10665993\"\u003eKatherena Vermette\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e House of Anansi Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487003463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487003463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE015000\"\u003eAmerican | Native American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE023030\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Animals \u0026amp; Nature\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE011000\"\u003eCanadian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44499054690541,"sku":"9781487003463","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_964b2e99-c36e-4c9a-86a6-f2e0308d3532.jpg?v=1700972244","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/river-woman-9781487003463","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}