{"product_id":"farhang-book-one","title":"Farhang: Book One","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n \u003ca class=\"active\" href=\"#tab1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab2\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab3\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n \n \u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"active\" id=\"tab1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of CBC Books poetry collections to watch in 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“His distinctive voice makes him a unique writer working in the contemporary landscape. No one celebrates life and eulogies death as well as the Canadian poet Patrick Woodcock. \u003ci\u003eFarhang Book One\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone interested in the state of the world and the art of poetry.” — Emir Salihovic, Phenomenology Literary Journal, Serbia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarhang \u003c\/i\u003ehonors the people, places, and things Patrick Woodcock has seen while working as a migrant writer, volunteer, and teacher for almost three decades. This book is the first of three that will celebrate, memorialize, or eulogize the myriad moments that impacted his life while also shaping the shade and content of his writing. Beginning in Poland in 1994 and ending in the hamlet of Paulatuk in the Northwest Territories in 2022, \u003ci\u003eFarhang\u003c\/i\u003e travels the globe through Lithuania, Russia, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, the Kurdish North of Iraq, Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Kenya, and Rwanda. From the salt mines in Wieliczka to the dirt paths to the Baraa government school in Tanzania, where he volunteered, Woodcock has tried to honor the moment before it becomes muddled, dulled, or romanticized. Some of the poems are about friends or students, others are about the cracked knuckles of strangers, the crawling and the abandoned. Art, language, architecture, politics, and the suffering from politicians left unchecked are also a focus. Sadly, many of the poems are for friends and locations lost to either time, neglect, or warfare. \u003ci\u003eFarhang\u003c\/i\u003e tries to chronicle some of what no longer exists or only lives on in the poet’s head and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-top: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sans-serif-special\"\u003eBUY FROM:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Farhang-Poems-Book-Patrick-Woodcock\/dp\/1770417516\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/Amazon.ca_Button_77f55393-2cbc-407a-8a35-fd767e9ae248.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Farhang-Poems-Book-Patrick-Woodcock\/dp\/1770417516\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/Amazon.com_Button_74eac223-be95-45f8-898c-b5754c7edbce.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/farhang-patrick-woodcock\/1143451034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/B_N_Button_eda69837-b34b-4f02-a66d-9270330d32db.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booksamillion.com\/p\/Farhang\/Patrick-Woodcock\/9781770417519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/BAM_Button_101988c0-7e4b-442d-ab2b-556219f35ef2.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/farhang-poems-book-one-patrick-woodcock\/20071772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/Bookshop_Button.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chapters.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/books\/farhang-poems-book-one\/9781770417519-item.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/Indigo_Button_8ac82365-74c6-462b-a9c1-f29926314ee1.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mcnallyrobinson.com\/9781770417519\/patrick-woodcock\/farhang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/McNally_Button_b2df9a42-e2e8-4e84-9aa6-cbbbfdb6392f.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/ca\/en\/ebook\/farhang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/Kobo_Button_2219341d-eeb9-486d-b01d-4aeeb45141df.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"small-grey-text\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrice may vary by retailer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-top: 30px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCheck availability at your local Canadian independent bookstore:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"tbm_shop_local\" data-options=\"{\n 'api_key' : '5XHiEK69GWj88UM4tjoZ9DkEoo9MFauV',\n 'product_code' : '9781770417519',\n 'distance_km' : '100',\n 'label' : 'Shop Local',\n 'request_location' : 'true',\n 'image' : 'https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/Shop_Local_Button.png'\n }\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/bookmanager.com\/public\/api\/tbm-shop-local.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"font-size: 12px;padding-top: 10px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemember that most stores can easily order books they don’t currently have in stock.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"padding-top: 30px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sans-serif-special\"\u003eBUY FROM ECW PRESS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli id=\"tab2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter volunteering for two years in Arusha, Tanzania, at Baraa Primary School and two years in Paulatuk, NT, for CUSO International, \u003cb\u003ePatrick Woodcock\u003c\/b\u003e now resides in Iqaluit, NU. While completing the manuscript for \u003ci\u003eFarhang Book Two\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the instructor\/coordinator for the national charitable literary organization United for Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli id=\"tab3\"\u003e\n \u003cp\u003ePublished: September 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781770417519\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003ePages: 144\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n \n \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n \n \u003cdiv class=\"grid__item large--one-half review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Patrick Woodcock’s \u003ci\u003eFarhang: Book One\u003c\/i\u003e is a spectacular book by a poet whose love for the art and craft of poetry is only matched by his passion for improving our world before his time is up.” — \u003ci\u003eThe \/tƐmz\/ Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“His distinctive voice makes him a unique writer working in the contemporary landscape. No one celebrates life and eulogies death as well as the Canadian poet Patrick Woodcock. \u003ci\u003eFarhang Book One\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone interested in the state of the world and the art of poetry” (Translation). — \u003ci\u003ePhenomenology Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (Serbia)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Woodcock’s poems not only capture the moment and myriad of emotions, but like all great poetry, they expand upon it and take it somewhere unique yet still universal.” — \u003ci\u003eThe Galway Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If the other two books are as moving as this first one, then Woodcock will have to be considered a poet of considerable standing.” — \u003ci\u003eThe Lake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Every poet should read \u003ci\u003eFarhang Book One\u003c\/i\u003e for its myriad human experiences it presents to the world and for its unique style of writing.” — \u003ci\u003eThe Nairobi Law Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Patrick Woodcock's new book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eFarhang: Book One\u003c\/i\u003e, is brimming with energy on each page . . . From the striking cover painting by Mihail Chemiakin to the form and content, Woodcock has crafted the most fully realised book of poetry I have read in years.” — Whale Road Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n \n \u003cdiv class=\"grid__item large--one-half review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Woodcock, himself a talent...like many writers, seem a quiet presence in a noisy, unforgiving world, a balm of sorts, avuncular and steady but in truth, also like many—hell, most—writers of of any consequence, the words he proffers to the page limn the marrow of human existence with a keen, worldly, unsparing heart.” — \u003ci\u003eStereo Embers Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The poems are so well written, engaging and packed with powerful imagery and ideas.” — The Book Lover’s Boudoir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFarhang: Book One\u003c\/i\u003e by Patrick Woodcock is a stunning and devastating collection that will make a lasting impression.” — Savvy Verse \u0026amp; Wit Blog\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If there was ever a time for benevolent yet politically charged poetry it is now and \u003ci\u003eFarhang Book One\u003c\/i\u003e is the most important and relevant book I have found in ages...Poetry, passion and politics have rarely united so powerfully as they do in Woodcock’s exceptional \u003ci\u003eFarhang Book One\u003c\/i\u003e; a must read for those who want these harrowing times to finally end.” — Compulsive Reader\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFarhang: Book One\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable achievement. This is poetry at its most powerful and poignant, a must-read for those who seek to be challenged and moved by the written word.” — \u003ci\u003eWordCity Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Woodcock, Patrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44921061048435,"sku":"9781770417519","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ePub","offer_id":44921061081203,"sku":"9781778522307","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PDF","offer_id":44921061113971,"sku":"9781778522314","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/9781770417519.jpg?v=1777905082","url":"https:\/\/ecwpress.com\/products\/farhang-book-one","provider":"ECW Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}