{"product_id":"brother-poem-paperback","title":"Brother Poem - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA speculative-poetic work from the Forward Prize-winning, T.S. Eliot shortlisted author of RENDANG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of \u003ci\u003eBrother Poem\u003c\/i\u003e is a sequence addressed to a fictional brother. Through these fragments, Will Harris attempts to reckon with the past while mourning what never existed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text moves, cloud-like, through states of consciousness, beings and geographies, to create a moving portrait of contemporary anxieties around language and the need to communicate. With pronominal shifts, broken dialogisms, and obsessive feedback loops, it reflects on the fictions we tell ourselves, and in our attempts to live up to the demands of others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a dimension uncannily like our own, intuited through signs, whispers, and glitches, \u003ci\u003eBrother Poem \u003c\/i\u003eis shadowed by the loss of what can't be seen. Telling stories of bizarre familial reckonings and difficult relationships, about love and living with others, it is a deeply sensitive coming-of-age poetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Harris is a London-based poet of Chinese Indonesian and British heritage. His first poetry book, \u003ci\u003eRENDANG\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Poetry Book Society Choice, shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize, and won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. He co-runs the Southbank New Poets Collective with Vanessa Kisuule, and works in care homes in Tower Hamlets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734725365823,"sku":"9780819500526","price":20.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2f760471728912ba6324b83e2bea1a20.webp?v=1765140884","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/brother-poem-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}