Word problems poems / Ian Williams.
| Author/creator | Williams, Ian, 1979- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Toronto : Coach House Books, 2020. |
| Description | 95 pages ; 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | It is possible to move on without moving forward -- I will never leave thee nor forsake thee -- Word problems -- Midas -- Corrections -- Affect. |
| Abstract | "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 - racial inequality, our pernicious depression, the troubled relationships we have with other people - 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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Poems. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020438541 |
| ISBN | 9781552454145 (paperback) |