Word problems : poems / Ian Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Ian, 1979- author.

Lewis, with Greg, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry--21st century.

Canadian poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Coach House Books, [2020]

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

It is possible to move on without moving forward

I will never leave thee nor forsake thee

Word problems

Midas

Corrections

Affect.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed on May 11, 2023).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781770566484

1770566481

9781770566477

1770566473

OCLC:

1499720788