Book
Word problems : poems / Ian Williams.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781552454145 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 95 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : Coach House Books, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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- Subject:
- Canadian poetry > 21st century.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at College of the Rockies.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook Campus | PS 8645 .I4448 W67 2020 (Text) | 31111000157543 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Perseus Publishing
From Ian Williams, author of Reproduction, winner of the Giller Prize and a June 2020 Indie Next Great Read
Frustrated by how tough the issues of our time are to solve â racial inequality, our pernicious depression, the troubled relationships we have with other people â Ian Williams revisits the seemingly simple questions of grade school for inspiration: if Billy has five nickels and Jane has three dimes, how many Black men will be murdered by police? He finds no satisfaction, realizing that maybe there are no easy answers to ineffable questions.
Williams uses his characteristic inventiveness to find not just new answers but new questions, reconsidering what poetry can be, using math and grammar lessons to shape poems that invite us to participate. Two long poems cut through the text like vibrating basenotes, curiosities circle endlessly, and microaggressions spin into lyric. And all done with a light touch and a joyful sense of humour.
- Perseus Publishing
Poems that use the language of math problems to ask ethical questions.