{"product_id":"take-rain","title":"Take Rain: Poems","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca class=\"active\" href=\"#tab1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/a\u003e\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\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\" id=\"tab1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collaborative ecopoetry collection that is lyric and experimental, lively and absurd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eTake Rain\u003c\/i\u003e are collaborative and color-saturated. Concerned with climate change and how we mediate life via images, they reflect a belief in relationality and process as a creative tactic for navigating both poetry and the current moment. From swans, snails, and clocks, to polar bears, grief, and airports, the poems reenact a perplexing and uncanny world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in a poetic voice belonging to neither poet but corresponding to aspects of both authors, the poems consider the environment (both psychological and natural) and how, through engaged, creative connection, we can be collaborators. Both humans and nature are, after all, a kind of “wetware.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poets used three provocations, such as quotations, visual prompts, and phrases gathered from their peripatetic, multidisciplinary lives, to seed a prompt for a poem. Sometimes these triangles of association yielded multiple poems. The authors then traded these “triangle poems,” and during the joint editing process, a recognizable tone and timbre emerged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTake Rain\u003c\/i\u003e addresses difficult topics with liveliness, surprise, and absurdist humor, and proves collaboration can help. Short enough to allow readers to dip in and out, but intense enough to transport them from daily life, these poems practice what they propose: They were created from a place of convivial sharing and trust. What grew from this “artnership” is a unique third voice that surprised both authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable April 6, 2027. 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Elee lives in Vancouver, where she is the current poet laureate. The winner of many awards for his novels and poetry, Gary lives in Hamilton, ON.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab3\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: April 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781770419209\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 96\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item large--one-half review\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item large--one-half review\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Barwin, Gary, Elee Kraljii Gardiner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45500844048499,"sku":"9781770419209","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"ePub","offer_id":45500844081267,"sku":"9781778526596","price":16.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PDF","offer_id":45500844114035,"sku":"9781778526602","price":16.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ecwpress.com\/products\/take-rain","provider":"ECW Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}